NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - University of Texas at Austin Developing More Effective Services and Programs for Victims of Mass Shootings

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, NIJ seeks a proposal from the University of Texas at Austin to complete the third phase of a program of research to identify the unfulfilled victim services and program needs of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting, to address those needs, and to apply the knowledge gained to better inform responses by officials in other communities to similar incidents in the future. Statutory Authority: Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Pub. L. No. 90-351 (sections 201 and 202) (codified at 34 U.S.C. §§ 10121-10122); 34 U.S.C. § 20105(b); and 28 U.S.C. § 530C.

The University of Texas at Austin is the only eligible applicant to this solicitation.