Overview
The American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on Law and Justice Statistics announces a small grant program for the analysis of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and other justice-related data. This program is designed to encourage the creative and appropriate use of these data to inform substantive and methodological issues. Other than these criteria, there are no restrictions placed on the topic of a submission. Dissertation research may qualify for these funds and young investigators are encouraged to apply. Research is to be completed within a two-year period. Awards are typically in the range of $25,000 to $30,000, although exceptional projects as high as $40,000 will be considered. Proposals must be received by January 15, 2010. Â Decisions will be announced by April 1, 2010.
Evaluation Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated on the following 3 criteria, each weighted equally:
1.Originality—show that the research would tell us something that we do not know about crime and criminal justice or about the application of statistics to these issues;
2.Significance—establish the methodological or substantive importance of the research to the law and justice community;
3.Feasibility and quality—demonstrate that the datasets – can support the research, the proposed statistical methods are the most suitable for the project, and the researcher has the ability to complete the project.
How to Submit
The following documents need to be submitted electronically in a single PDF file, not to exceed 30 pages to Joyce@amstat.org:
1.Abstract. The abstract should consist of no more than 250 words, be the first page of the application, and include the names of the datasets to be analyzed.
2.Proposal. The proposal should be no more than ten (10) pages double-spaced (excluding abstract and supporting material).
3.Supporting material. In addition to the abstract and proposal, the application should include a bibliography, tables, budget, budget narrative, appendices, and curriculum vitae. The entire application (abstract, proposal, and supporting material) should be no more than thirty (30) pages.
If the principal investigator is a graduate student, the chair of the student's dissertation committee should send a current curriculum vita and letter supporting the proposal. Budgets should specify the number of hours required of key personnel and their cost. Equipment purchases should be justified in an attached budget narrative. All budgets should include a visit to BJS to present the research and to discuss follow-up research with BJS staff. This visit should occur after most of the research has been completed but before the final documents have been written. We anticipate that up to $2,000 of the budget will be devoted to this visit. Additional funding to present at other conferences will be considered, payable at 50% of the cost.
Proposals should:
1.Describe the research questions, indicating the originality of the research and its substantive or methodological significance for the law and justice community;
2.Describe the dataset to be used and the proposed analysis;
3.Demonstrate that the data can support the research question, e.g., show that the variables contain adequate information and that there is a sufficient number of cases
4.Outline the specific tasks to be done, who is to do them, and within what timeframe;
5.Provide the specifications of the final project deliverables (e.g., analytic paper, statistical models, dataset, etc.). Deliverables should include details on the methodologies used. If a data file is one of the deliverables, the deliverables should include the syntax used to create it; and
6.Identify any unique problems that may be encountered in the research and how the researcher proposes to overcome them.
Proposals must be postmarked by January 15, 2010.
Proposals should be submitted to:
American Statistical Association
Committee on Law and Justice Statistics
c/o Joyce Narine
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 1943
joyce@amstat.org
For more information about this solicitation:
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Ramona Rantala
202-307-6170
askbjs@usdoj.gov
Subject: ASA RFP
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
The American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on Law and Justice Statistics announces a small grant program for the analysis of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and other justice-related data. This program is designed to encourage the creative and appropriate use of these data to inform substantive and methodological issues. Other than these criteria, there are no restrictions placed on the topic of a submission. Dissertation research may qualify for these funds and young investigators are encouraged to apply. Research is to be completed within a two-year period. Awards are typically in the range of $25,000 to $30,000, although exceptional projects as high as $40,000 will be considered. Proposals must be received by January 15, 2010. Â Decisions will be announced by April 1, 2010.
Evaluation Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated on the following 3 criteria, each weighted equally:
1.Originality—show that the research would tell us something that we do not know about crime and criminal justice or about the application of statistics to these issues;
2.Significance—establish the methodological or substantive importance of the research to the law and justice community;
3.Feasibility and quality—demonstrate that the datasets – can support the research, the proposed statistical methods are the most suitable for the project, and the researcher has the ability to complete the project.
How to Submit
The following documents need to be submitted electronically in a single PDF file, not to exceed 30 pages to Joyce@amstat.org:
1.Abstract. The abstract should consist of no more than 250 words, be the first page of the application, and include the names of the datasets to be analyzed.
2.Proposal. The proposal should be no more than ten (10) pages double-spaced (excluding abstract and supporting material).
3.Supporting material. In addition to the abstract and proposal, the application should include a bibliography, tables, budget, budget narrative, appendices, and curriculum vitae. The entire application (abstract, proposal, and supporting material) should be no more than thirty (30) pages.
If the principal investigator is a graduate student, the chair of the student's dissertation committee should send a current curriculum vita and letter supporting the proposal. Budgets should specify the number of hours required of key personnel and their cost. Equipment purchases should be justified in an attached budget narrative. All budgets should include a visit to BJS to present the research and to discuss follow-up research with BJS staff. This visit should occur after most of the research has been completed but before the final documents have been written. We anticipate that up to $2,000 of the budget will be devoted to this visit. Additional funding to present at other conferences will be considered, payable at 50% of the cost.
Proposals should:
1.Describe the research questions, indicating the originality of the research and its substantive or methodological significance for the law and justice community;
2.Describe the dataset to be used and the proposed analysis;
3.Demonstrate that the data can support the research question, e.g., show that the variables contain adequate information and that there is a sufficient number of cases
4.Outline the specific tasks to be done, who is to do them, and within what timeframe;
5.Provide the specifications of the final project deliverables (e.g., analytic paper, statistical models, dataset, etc.). Deliverables should include details on the methodologies used. If a data file is one of the deliverables, the deliverables should include the syntax used to create it; and
6.Identify any unique problems that may be encountered in the research and how the researcher proposes to overcome them.
Proposals must be postmarked by January 15, 2010.
Proposals should be submitted to:
American Statistical Association
Committee on Law and Justice Statistics
c/o Joyce Narine
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 1943
joyce@amstat.org
For more information about this solicitation:
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Ramona Rantala
202-307-6170
askbjs@usdoj.gov
Subject: ASA RFP
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
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