Researchers / Research Institutions
Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement
With this non-competitive solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to request applications from 6 cooperative agreement recipients that have been previously funded to support training and technical assistance and/or projects that support law enforcement innovation and crime reduction.
Evaluation of BJA Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP): Scan of Practices and Evaluability Assessments
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to examine programs funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) in Fiscal Years 2022-2024.
Project 2025
Project 2025 is a set of resources from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention aimed at reducing the annual rate of suicide by 20 percent by 2025. The website provides guidance and resources in four areas of intervention, one of which is firearms.
National Institutes of Health research
The National Institutes of Health provides grant funding for research into firearms violence prevention. Funding opportunities can be found on the NIH’s searchable website
Community Violence Prevention Resources for Action
The CDC provides resources and guidance materials on community violence prevention.
National Center on School Infrastructure
This program established a national center on school infrastructure to serve as a clearinghouse of resources for States and local educational agencies related to improving and developing safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable public school infrastructure through public school infrastructure improvements, and provide technical assistance to Supporting America’s School Infrastructure grantees and high-need LEAs seeking to leverage available resources to improve public school facilities for all students.
Research and Evaluation on School Safety
This competitive grant program funds research and evaluation projects on the root causes and consequences of school violence.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) – research grants for preventing violence and violence related injury
The NCIPC funds research into gun violence prevention strategies. Funded research is detailed at this website.
Luke and Alex School Safety Act – SchoolSafety.gov
The Luke and Alex School Safety Act, which was part of BSCA, created a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-based Practices within DHS (SchoolSafety.gov) that publishes evidence-based practices and recommendations to improve school safety for use by states, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, state and local law enforcement agencies, health professionals, and the general public. Schoolsafety.gov also provides a grant tracker for school safety grant funds.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
PSN formula grants are awarded to U.S. Attorney’s Offices to fund collaborative teams to address violent crime problems through community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused enforcement, and accountability. Teams can include federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement as well as community organizations and representatives.