The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding under the Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program, which provides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited academic universities that offer research-based doctoral degrees in disciplines relevant to NIJ’s mission. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels.

The NIJ Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides awards for research on criminal justice-related topics to accredited universities that support graduate study leading to research-based doctoral degrees. Applicants sponsoring doctoral students in policy and health sciences or in an education field may apply if the doctoral dissertation is in an NIJ-supported discipline.

Deadline: May 2, 2012. For more information, see the NCJRS website.