Graduate Research Fellowship Program

NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program is an annual program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice.

Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage promising doctoral students in the application of critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.

Topics of interest to NIJ under this program vary from year to year. We encourage you to read the current NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program solicitation (pdf, 14 pages).