[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53735-53736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25702]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice
[OJP(NIJ)-1251]
RIN 1121-ZB85


Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of 
Justice Office of Research and Evaluation 2000 Solicitation for 
Investigator-Initiated Research

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice 
(NIJ), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of

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Justice Office of Research and Evaluation 2000 Solicitation for 
Investigator-Initiated Research.

DATES: Proposals must be received by close of business Tuesday, January 
18, 2000.

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, Sections 201-203, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    In this solicitation, NIJ invites applicants to submit proposals 
that will help the Institute address five general themes related to the 
NIJ mission. This solicitation specifically requests proposals in 
topical areas that are not covered by other NIJ solicitations. Wherever 
possible, applicants interested in conducting research on such topics 
as violence against women or science and technology development should 
apply to directed solicitations targeting these particular areas of 
research.
    Under this investigator-initiated program, applicants may submit 
proposals to explore a wide range of research and evaluation topics 
relevant to criminal justice policy or practice, supporting NIJ's broad 
portfolio of both basic and applied studies. While the Institute's 
specific research and development interests are constantly evolving in 
response to the needs of the field, the following five broad criminal 
justice areas are current NIJ priorities: rethinking justice and the 
processes that create just communities; understanding the nexus between 
crime and its social context; breaking the cycle of crime by testing 
research-based interventions; creating the tools, evaluating new and 
transferable techniques and procedures for improving the effectiveness 
and efficiency of the criminal justice system; and expanding the 
horizons, moving beyond traditional definitions of crime and criminal 
relationships.
    Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice 
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of 
``Office of Research and Evaluation 2000 Solicitation for Investigator-
Initiated Research'' (refer to document no. SL000385). For World Wide 
Web access, connect to either NIJ at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice Information Center at http://
www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

    Dated: September 29, 1999.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-25702 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]
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