Closed · NIJ-2017-11462 · CFDA 16.560 · Discretionary
NIJ FY17 Research, Development, and Evaluation of Technologies to Improve School Safety
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Justice, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $6M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 30, 2017
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
NIJ FY17 Research, Development, and Evaluation of Technologies to Improve School Safety is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Justice that offered Up to $6,000,000 across 6 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 $6M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 16.560
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
NIJ FY17 Research is closed (last close March 30, 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 30, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$6,000,000
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This solicitation will support projects that (1) demonstrate and evaluate existing technologies, or that (2) develop, demonstrate, and evaluate innovative technologies. Potential applicants will be directed to NIJ-funded reports published in 2016 that describe current uses of and identified needs for school safety technology. Key findings from these reports will be presented in the solicitation as will key findings from recent literature reviews commissioned by NIJ that address issues of effectiveness and perceptions of school security. Potential areas of emphasis may include interventions based on principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), data integration systems, benefit-cost analyses, and low cost technology options.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for NIJ FY17 Research includes a for-profit door among 11 printed types (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +7 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Inside National Institute of Justice's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- 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 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 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
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
National Institute of Justice Research Grants
U.S. Department of Justice
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
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What to do next
NIJ FY17 Research 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
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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