Closed · NIJ-2017-11147 · CFDA 16.560 · Discretionary

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Justice, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $62M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 24, 2017
Close date
32
Expected awards

The verdict

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Justice that offered Up to $62,000,000 across 32 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 576 other opportunities from National Institute of Justice.

up to $62M
award range
Closed
application status
32
expected awards
16.560
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiati… is closed (last close March 24, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 16.560 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Institute of Justice still indexes 576 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 24, 2017

Posted Jan 13 Closes Mar 24

Est. Total Funding

$62,000,000

Expected Awards

32

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) funds rigorous research to produce practical knowledge that can improve the safety of schools and students. The initiative is carried out through partnerships between researchers, educators and other stakeholders, including law enforcement and mental health professionals. Projects funded under the CSSI are designed to produce knowledge that can be applied to schools and school districts across the nation for years to come. This solicitation includes multiple funding categories with different expectations and requirements to accomplish the purposes of the CSSI.

Wide-open applicant board · 12 Grants.gov doors

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiati… prints 12 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +8 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 2 other National Institute of Justice listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 577).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 21
Individuals
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

For assistance with this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (Hearing impaired only), by e-mail at grants@ncjrs.gov, or by web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for NIJ awards can be found at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/welcome.aspx. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/faqs.aspx. grants@ncjrs.gov

What to do next

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiati… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.560 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • National Institute of Justice Research Grants indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Institute of Justice lists 576 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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