National Institute of Justice Research Assistantship Program

Guidance for applicants on proposing rigorous evaluation designs for research components, including implementation fidelity, independence, and cost-effectiveness analyses.

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Award amountNIJ provides funds to participating universities to pay salaries and other costs

Last checkedJun 25, 2026

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Guidelines for OJP Analysts, Program Officers, and Contractors

Guidelines for archiving data with NACJD for BJS, NIJ, and OJJDP. Details file formats, data delivery, and specific requirements for quantitative, qualitative, and geospatial data.

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Requirements

Sufficient documentation including codebooks, instruments, titles, time periods, and data.; Quantitative data in SPSS, Stata, or SAS with embedded labels.; Qualitative data in plain text, RTF, Word, or PDF with OCR.; Geospatial data in ESRI shapefiles or MapInfo formats.; Variables identifying research subjects must be removed for NIJ and OJJDP data.

Documents

Guidelines for Depositing NIJ and OJJDP Data at NACJD; NACJD-BJS Data Transfer Form

Contact

NACJD team; Senior Data Project Manager

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