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The Law & Social Sciences Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules.  The program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological.  Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between law or legal processes and human behavior.  Social scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, made in multiple arenas, with the participation of multiple actors.  Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including though not limited to: Crime, Violence and Punishment Economic Issues Governance Legal Decisionmaking Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice Litigation and the Legal Profession LSS provides the following modes of support: Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships Workshop and Conference Proposals

The purpose of the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program is to encourage and support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice in the United States.With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research to identify the different interdiction modalities currently used by criminal justice agencies to keep contraband out of correctional facilities and what is known about their efficacy. An interdiction modality is considered to include both (1) the policies and practices that agencies use to prevent contraband from being brought into a facility as well as (2) those used to detect and remove contraband that may be in the facility. It also includes the statutes and regulations that govern how these modalities are applied.

DRL/GP aims to improve the justice system and access to justice through innovative programs that strengthen key sectors within the police, military and/or local government. Strong proposals will include a regional pilot of a program that could be replicated nationally. Proposed programs should take a broader view towards long-term stability and proficiency of the justice system in the DRC.

The United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs INL is seeking applications from qualified U.S. and non-U.S. based non-governmental (NGOs)/non-profit organizations or Educational Institutions for a Cooperative Agreement to implement a program entitled, "Ecuador Countering Transnational Organized Crime Capacity Building Program". The program will assist with travel, training programs, and operational support, under the authority of INL Section Quito, in locations throughout the world for Ecuadorian law enforcement and criminal justice personnel, military, civil society, government officials, and other relevant participants from Ecuador, Colombia, the United States, and/or other countries. The award recipient will provide overall support for programmatic, logistical, and administrative assistance with the INL Section Ecuador's operational and capacity-building programs.

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $10,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in a minimum of five countries to strengthen the capacity of governments to address child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. The project will aim to achieve the following outcomes: (1) strengthened labor and/or criminal legal frameworks concerning child labor, forced labor, and/or human trafficking; (2) improved enforcement of the labor and/or criminal legal framework, specifically related to child labor, forced labor, and/or human trafficking; and (3) increased coordination among law enforcement and social protection entities to address child labor, forced labor, and/or human trafficking.

This award will support efforts in at least three of six target countries (select among: South Africa, The Gambia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malaysia, and Armenia) to identify priority substantive anticorruption measures and assist in implementation of reform actions related to them. The substantive measures will be determined in reference to the international and regional standards to which these countries have agreed, and the recommendations of the peer review bodies associated with them. Several anticorruption mechanisms and fora promote action on these standards by facilitating peer recommendations or encouraging country commitments. The project should then support the development of action plans and targeted follow-up action (i.e. technical assistance, advocacy, and coordination) to help governments implement the action plans.

Through this solicitation, BJA seeks a provider to operate a National Training and Technical Assistance Center (National TTA Center) that will assist and guide states, tribes and local governments to grow and enhance cross system responses between local law enforcement and their mental health and IDD service delivery partners; and to address local response, needs and outcomes for people with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities. This National TTA Center is critical to assisting jurisdictions by organizing the structure of the National TTA Center and responding to the focus of policy and practice as outlined in this solicitation.

This award will support the development and launch of a system that can be used to increase transparency around the disposition of assets returned by the United States to a recipient country. The system can either build upon an existing government platform or can stand alone. It should utilize technology, such as but not limited to Distributed Ledger Technology, to ensure transparency and security and allow vested stakeholders to track the movement and utilization of funds. The technology should provide real-time information regarding expenditures. This information can be public or shared with relevant stakeholders depending on the circumstances. The specific country will be determined in consultation with the Department of State and Department of Justice after the award is awarded.

Among its provisions, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 authorized BJA to manage a grant program that would support efforts by states, local units of government, and federally-recognized Indian tribes to prevent and reduce school violence. This solicitation specifically seeks applicants to serve as a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider, on BJA’s behalf, to provide TTA and other support to awardees under the BJA STOP Prevention Training and Response to Mental Health Crisis Program, the BJA STOP Technology and Threat Assessment Solutions for Safer Schools Program, and the COPS Office STOP School Violence Prevention Program, in order to develop a knowledge base and technical assistance delivery model for communities seeking to improve school safety.

The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has been working with the Government of the Republic of Tunisia to enhance the capacity of Tunisia's criminal justice system since 2011. This includes efforts to improve both the capacity of civilian law enforcement to provide citizen security, as well as the capacity of the justice sector to provide access to justice and maintain the rule of law throughout the country. The goal of INL's corrections reform program is to enhance the performance and capacity of Tunisia's corrections institutions. INL is initiating this notice of funding to provide continued assistance to the DGPR and to build upon previous efforts to implement the classification program system-wide in order to promote safe, secure, and humane prisons.

INL is one of the leading international foreign assistance providers in CAR, and has an excellent reputation among the CAR government and the UN mission as a committed partner to building the capacity of CAR's criminal justice institutions. INL has committed more than $40 million to help re-operationalize and re-establish CAR's law enforcement, justice, and corrections institutions during the past four years. This project seeks to provide training and technical assistance to strengthen the ability of CAR civil society organizations, lawyers, police investigators, prosecutors, and judges to ensure justice for SGBV survivors and crime victims in Bangui and CAR's provinces, while also providing urgently needed legal services to SGBV survivors and victims of other serious crimes and human rights violations .

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), plays a key role utilizing U.S. international drug and crime assistance to build the capacity of Peruvian institutions to more effectively improve counter-narcotics efforts, including citizen security, social inclusion, gender issues, and empowering communities and vulnerable populations. INL's Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) program aims to prevent drug-use, violence, and crime by youth populations. DDR works to reduce the impact of illegal drugs by providing effective foreign assistance and fostering multilateral cooperation as an integral part of a comprehensive criminal justice strategy. The United States Government, represented by INL and its office at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, is seeking applications from qualified civilian groups, NGOs, or educational institutions that will be responsible for conducting an evaluation study and the dissemination of the evidence-based principles of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC).

NIJ is seeking applications for funding research and evaluation projects that will improve our knowledge on how to identify, prevent, and reduce white collar crime in the United States. There are many types of offenses that may be classified as white collar crime. This solicitation focuses on three types of white collar crime: health care fraud, cyber-crime against individuals, and elder fraud. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects that will advance our understanding of white collar crime and effective approaches for identifying, preventing, investigating and prosecuting white collar crime related to health care fraud, cyber crime against individuals, and elder fraud and financial exploitation. This solicitation supports the U.S. Department of Justice’s strategic goals associated with enhancing national security and promoting the rule of law, integrity and good government.

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad (PAS Hyderabad) seeks proposals to organize a two-day conference on "U.S.-India Defense Ties" highlighting the role played by the city of Hyderabad and local state government in encouraging stronger cooperation between our two countries in this sector.

This competitive grant will select up to two providers to deliver TTA services to state and local governments. The role of selected TTA providers is to assist BJA JAG grantees and other state and local jurisdictions in accomplishing the goals of the initiative. Additionally, the selected TTA providers are responsible for responding to grantee requests for assistance and for advancing the state of knowledge about their respective subject(s). Approaches to TTA will range from simple to complex, from short- to long-term, from agency-specific to system-wide, depending on the specific needs of the grantee or requestor. Mechanisms for providing TTA can include, but are not limited to: conference calls, on-site consultation, video conferencing, webinars, publications, peer-to-peer learning sessions, coaching, communities of practice, customized resource packets, facilitated sessions, trainings, guided planning processes (e.g., strategic planning, development and/or review of policy and procedures, and in-person trainings).

The United States Government (USG), as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM), invites applications for funding from qualified entities to carry out activities that mitigate conflict and promote reconciliation by bringing together individuals of different ethnic, religious, or political backgrounds in the following countries: Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. PLEASE REFER TO THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING ALL ANNEXES, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. The full announcement is available for download on the Related Documents tab.

NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to identify the combination of attributes specific to the individual law enforcement officer that causes them to make the decisions governing their actions during encounters with the public. Specifically, NIJ is interested in identifying those combinations of attributes tending to lead to successful encounter outcomes; as well as those tending to lead to unsuccessful outcomes. NIJ is also interested in understanding how the outcomes associated with a specific combination of attributes may differ based on the type of encounter; including understanding how the importance of specific attributes may vary based on the type of encounter.

The purpose of this project is to support methodologically rigorous research and evaluations (ideally a randomized controlled demonstration field experiment) with practical implications for government-funded juvenile reentry including in areas not limited to screening and assessment, behavioral management, organizational or institutional capacity and structure, cross-system services and coordination, post-release services and supervision, and family engagement and support. OJJDP is particularly interested in studies that focus on effective strategies for juveniles with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues; gang involved juveniles; and older juveniles or young adults who are returning to communities struggling with violence and crime.

Through this Leader with Associates Award, USAID will bring cutting-edge expertise in anticorruption to bear on USAID's global and mission-level biodiversity conservation, natural resource, and democracy, rights and governance programs. The overall program purpose is to combat wildlife trafficking and other environmental crimes by reducing corruption. The program aims to accomplish this purpose by: (1) building on global experience across sectors to provide thought leadership, best practices, tools, and opportunities to build partnerships to tackle corruption; and (2) supporting USAID Missions to better tackle corruption within their wildlife trafficking, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation portfolios.

Supporting civil society and creating a space for a diversity of people and ideas is a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy abroad. To that end, the U.S. Mission to China (Embassy Beijing and Consulates General Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Wuhan) seeks to support activities that promote civic engagement, human rights, good governance, rule of law, environmental protection, education, and multilateral and economic engagement. Such programming will enhance and broaden the outreach of the U.S. Mission in China.