NIJ FY 13 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries

Post Date

January 25th 2013

Application Due Date

April 25th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2013-3383

CFDA Number(s)

16.560

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

In general, NIJ is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, States (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), and certain qualified individuals. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply. NIJ may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $500000

• Award Range:

  $1 - $500000

Grant Description

NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research on differences in safety equipment modalities; that is, policies and practices among correctional agencies regarding what safety equipment staff may use, when and how it may be used, and how those modalities affect officersу physical safety. For the purpose of this solicitation, safety equipment is defined as equipment used by correctional officers to protect them from assaults and to reduce injuries.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For Grants.gov Technical Assistance call 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035; or e-mail support@grants.gov. For Programmatic Assistance e-mail ST-Research@ojp.usdoj.gov.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency e-mail address

• Agency Email Address:

  ST-Research@ojp.usdoj.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  Link to solicitation document