[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19750-19751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10525]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1171]
RIN 1121-ZB09


National Institute of Justice Request for Proposals for 
Comparative, Cross-National Crime Research Challenge Grants

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of 
Justice ``NIJ Request for Proposals for Comparative, Cross-National 
Crime Research Challenge Grants.''

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals is close of business September 
1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the solicitation, please 
call NCJRS 1-800-851-3420. For general information about application 
procedures for solicitations, please call the U.S. Department of 
Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    In its effort to support and encourage cross-national and 
interagency partnerships devoted to producing and utilizing comparative 
research on crime, the National Institute of Justice is soliciting 
proposals for research on crime and criminal behavior of a cross-
national and comparative nature. NIJ intends to support up to five 
research challenge grants to U.S. based researchers to conduct the U.S. 
part of a comparative study, for a total of up to $500,000. Each 
project supported by NIJ must have counterparts to conduct parallel 
research outside of the United States. These counterparts may be 
supported by the government agencies or departments, private non-profit 
organizations, or universities of other nations. In this way, it is 
anticipated that the first projects will initiate a new series of 
cross-national research partnerships.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of ``NIJ 
Request for

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Proposals for Comparative, Cross-National Crime Research Challenge 
Grants'' (refer to document No. SL000277). For World Wide Web access, 
connect either to NIJ at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or 
the NCJRS Justice Information Center at http://www.ncjrs.org/
fedgrant.htm#nij.
David Boyd,
Deputy Director, Acting for Jeremy Travis, Director, National Institute 
of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-10525 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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