What type of research does NIJ fund under the Graduate Research Fellowship Program?
Successful Graduate Research Fellowship applicants must demonstrate how their proposed dissertation research advances basic criminal justice knowledge, practice, and/or policy in the U.S. Quantitative, qualitative, primary and secondary data analysis studies are encouraged. Special consideration will be given to applicants who use the most rigorous research methods applicable to their proposed research topic — such as experimental or randomized designs — to maximize the validity and reliability of findings.
Successful Graduate Research Fellowship applicants must demonstrate how their proposed dissertation research advances basic criminal justice knowledge, practice, and/or policy in the United States. Quantitative, qualitative, primary and secondary data analysis studies are encouraged. Special consideration will be given to applicants who use the most rigorous research methods applicable to their proposed research topic — such as experimental or randomized designs — to maximize the validity and reliability of findings.
