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NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program

NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship

Offers students and early career scholars with mentoring support for NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

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About

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, offers an annual Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) to support doctoral dissertation research relevant to criminal justice. The FY25 solicitation (O-NIJ-2025-172575) covers NIJ's six research portfolios, which include crime and crime prevention, law enforcement, adjudication…

What this grant funds

Doctoral dissertation research relevant to criminal justice across NIJ's six research portfolios, with universities applying on behalf of doctoral candidates.

Key facts
CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.—
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Last verified: 24 Jul 2026Source: nij.ojp.gov