[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8911]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ) No. 1120]
RIN 1121-ZA67


National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Investigator-
Initiated Research

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of 
Justice ``Solicitation for Investigator-Initiated Research.''

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be mailed to the National Institute of 
Justice, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

DATES: There are two deadlines for receipt of proposals, June 17, 1997 
and December 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about 
application procedures for solicitations, please call the U.S. 
Department of Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    The National Institute of Justice is soliciting proposals that 
respond to the broad mandate of the Institute's solicitation for 
investigator-initiated research. Applicants may submit proposals to 
explore topics relevant to State or local criminal justice practice or 
policy. Some of the current themes of interest to the Institute 
include: Rethinking justice to meet the challenges of the 21st century; 
understanding the nexus between crime and social problems; breaking the 
cycle of offender recidivism and other reoccurring criminal justice 
problems; developing new technologies, practices, and techniques for 
use in the criminal justice system; expanding the horizons of criminal 
justice by looking beyond traditional crime definitions and into new 
possibilities of study such as transnational and cybercrimes. These 
topics represent a broad vision of directions that the Institute 
intends to pursue in the next few years. Researchers may relate their 
proposals to these topics or develop projects that fall outside of 
these themes on the condition that the proposed research falls within 
NIJ's statutory mission. Interested organizations should call the 
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 
to obtain a copy of ``Solicitation for Investigator-Initiated 
Research'' (refer to document no. SL000201). The solicitation is 
available electronically via the NCJRS Bulletin Board, which can be 
accessed via the Internet. Telnet to ncjrsbbs.ncjrs.org, or gopher to 
ncjrs.org:71. For World Wide Web access, connect to the NCJRS Justice 
Information Center at http://www.ncjrs.org. Those without Internet 
access can dial the NCJRS Bulletin Board via modem: dial 301-738-8895. 
Set the modem at 9600 baud, 8-N-1.

    Dated: April 2, 1997.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-8911 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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