OJJDP FY 2011 Field Initiated Research and Evaluation Program | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The OJJDP FY 2011 Field Initiated Research and Evaluation (FIRE) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, designed to fund strong, methodologically rigorous research and evaluation studies that can directly inform juvenile justice policy and on-the-ground practice. In practical terms, the program is meant to support projects that produce credible evidence about what works, what does not, and why, in areas connected to juvenile delinquency, prevention, intervention, and system response. The focus is on research quality and usefulness, with an emphasis on generating findings that align with the Department of Justice mission and can be applied by agencies and practitioners working with youth.

The solicitation encourages applicant-driven (field initiated) proposals rather than limiting applicants to a narrow set of pre-defined studies. Priority topic areas include delinquency prevention and strategies aimed at reducing and controlling juvenile delinquency and serious crimes committed by juveniles. It also highlights efforts to prevent recidivism through positive youth development approaches, indicating interest in interventions that build protective factors and support pro-social outcomes rather than relying only on punitive models. Another encouraged area is research examining the relationships among child neglect, victimization, and later involvement in crime, reflecting the importance of understanding pathways into delinquency and how early adverse experiences shape justice involvement. In addition, the program calls for studies that examine how the juvenile justice system responds to specific and often complex issues, including sex offenses committed by juveniles, the experiences and needs of females in the juvenile justice system, and disproportionate minority contact at key decision points across the juvenile justice continuum (for example, referral, detention, adjudication, disposition, and placement).

Administratively, this opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number OJJDP 2011 2897 and is associated with CFDA 16.541, Part E, which covers developing, testing, and demonstrating promising new programs. The funding instrument is a grant, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which generally makes participation more feasible for a wider range of organizations. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $500,000, and the stated award floor is $0, meaning there is no formal minimum listed. Key dates show it was posted on January 6, 2011, with an application closing date of March 7, 2011, and it was later archived on November 9, 2011.

Eligibility is broad and includes states and territories, units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions). The eligible applicant types listed span 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than higher education institutions), public and private colleges and universities, city/township and county governments, state governments, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations (including those not federally recognized in the general list), public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, independent school districts, small businesses, and other for-profit entities that are not small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests the program is intended to attract proposals from researchers, evaluators, service providers, and government agencies, including partnerships that combine academic research expertise with practitioner access to programs, data, and real-world implementation settings.

For applicants who could not access the announcement electronically, the listed program contact was Karen Bachar, Program Manager, reachable by phone at (202) 514-4403, with an email address referenced but not fully provided in the source text.

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