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NIJ funding for research and evaluation of K–12 school safety initiatives

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), within the U.S. Department of Justice, seeks research and evaluation projects focused on K–12 school safety. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ). - Funding opportunity: Cooperative agreements for rigorous research and evaluation of school-safety initiatives, with $5 million in total funding and an anticipated six awards. - Areas of interest: Anonymous systems for reporting threats of school violence, and school threat assessment and intervention teams coordinating with law enforcement and school personnel. - Relevant programs: Initiatives supported by the STOP School Violence Act, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program, and similar efforts aligned with STOP School Violence Act goals. - Evaluation requirements: Pair outcome or impact evaluations with process or implementation evaluations. Explain how complex factors will be measured, document access to secondary data and plans for matching datasets, and discuss data limitations and their potential effects on findings. - Collaboration: NIJ encourages work with educators, school stakeholders, and communities. - Products, OEMs, and vendors: No products, part numbers, OEMs, or vendors are identified.

Description

This funding opportunity supports rigorous research and evaluation projects addressing gaps in K-12 school safety. It focuses on anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence and school threat assessment and intervention teams coordinating with law enforcement and school personnel. Projects should pair outcome or impact evaluations with process or implementation evaluations of STOP School Violence Act projects, the COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program, or similar programs. Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with educators, school stakeholders, and communities, and to address data access, matching, limitations, and measurement.

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