NIJ Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Fiscal Year 2020

The National Institute of Justice's (NIJ)'s Drugs and Crime Research Program supports rigorous applied research on evidence-based tools, protocols, and policies for state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. The focus of this research solicitation is narcotics-related criminal investigation, prosecution, intelligence, and community surveillance relevant to law enforcement and medicolegal death investigation activities.

The FY2020 solicitation's drug priorities are: methamphetamine and other stimulants, including diverted pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and their analogs.

To learn more about NIJ's Drugs and Crime Research Portfolio, please visit https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/drugs. General application information is available at https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/guidance-applicants-and-awardees.

This solicitation is competitive; therefore, NIJ staff cannot have individual conversations with prospective applicants. Any questions concerning the solicitation should be submitted to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service: 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (for hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. Refer to funding opportunity: NIJ-2020-17275.