BJA FY 15 Visiting Fellows Program | Apply Online

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2015 4079

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 15 Visiting Fellows Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.320 Services for Trafficking Victims 16.735 PREA Program Demonstration Projects to Establish Zero Tolerance Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilitie 16.752 Economic High Tech and Cyber Crime Prevention 16.812 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative 16.828 Swift and Certain Sanctions/Replicating the Concepts Behind Project HOPE.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 1, 2015 and posted on Feb 3, 2015.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 16, 2015 Closing extended to 4/16/15.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $270,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: City or township governments County governments State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Individuals Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Eligible applicants are limited to individuals, as well as state, tribal, or local government, organizations, or academic institutions seeking to provide federal level experience for one of its staff members. Organizations seeking to place their employee as a Fellow under this program will not have programmatic oversight of the staff person for those activities conducted as part of the fellowship. For profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.Eligible applicants for the Second Chance Act Fellow position are limited to individuals who have formerly been incarcerated.All persons serving in the fellowship positions must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. The prospective Fellow should have all of the expertise needed to conduct the proposed activities in the fellowship, including at least 5 years of criminal justice expertise in the relevant area of practice or research, working in a policy or applied criminal justice setting (such as a criminal justice agency (law enforcement, criminal courts, prosecutor, corrections, or partner agency such as a social service provider), or an agency or office with responsibility for criminal justice and public policy (such as a governor s office, mayor s office, or other important policy setting pertinent to criminal justice). Researchers should apply only if they have expertise and specific skills in developing models and applied research tools for the field, implementation of evidence based practices, and collection and analysis of data and performance management.Applicants must demonstrate the administrative capacity, particularly fiscal administrative capacity, to manage an agreement or award, as well as the knowledge and skills to successfully execute the proposed fellowship activities. Eligibility will be determined only after a review of a complete, submitted application.

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