NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks to continue funding the Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium.
The consortium informs NIJ’s research and development efforts, as well as NIJ’s stakeholders — criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry by:
1) conducting technology foraging activities to identify technologies for potential use by criminal justice communities; 2) conducting characterization/comparative testing and evaluations on technologies and practices to disseminate information and/or promising practices for adoption; 3) administering the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP); and 4) supporting the development, validation, and maintenance of criminal justice equipment standards.
Statutory Authority:
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (sections 201 and 202); the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (sections 231-233, 235); and 28 U.S.C.
530C.
The consortium informs NIJ’s research and development efforts, as well as NIJ’s stakeholders — criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry by:
1) conducting technology foraging activities to identify technologies for potential use by criminal justice communities; 2) conducting characterization/comparative testing and evaluations on technologies and practices to disseminate information and/or promising practices for adoption; 3) administering the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP); and 4) supporting the development, validation, and maintenance of criminal justice equipment standards.
Statutory Authority:
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (sections 201 and 202); the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (sections 231-233, 235); and 28 U.S.C.
530C.
Related Programs
National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants
Department of Justice
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Full Announcement
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Only the applicants that received an official invitation letter from NIJ are able and eligible to apply.
Please refer to that letter for the eligibility requirements To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/O-NIJ-2022-171380.pdf
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Agency POC
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2022-06-24
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-09-23
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