NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development | NIJ 2017 13040

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The NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development grant opportunity (NIJ 2017 13040) is a Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice discretionary funding announcement designed to add a focused social development and public safety lens to the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning NIJ expects substantial involvement in guiding or coordinating aspects of the work rather than simply providing funds with minimal oversight. The core purpose is to support the first year of a targeted sub-study at 5 of the 21 existing ABCD research sites, specifically to incorporate standardized measures of delinquency and victimization into their data collection efforts.

At a practical level, the opportunity aims to strengthen the ABCD Study's ability to answer questions that sit at the intersection of adolescent development, substance use, and justice-related outcomes. By integrating measures of delinquency and victimization, the sub-study is positioned to examine how substance use patterns relate to later behavioral outcomes, how experiences of victimization may influence or be influenced by brain and cognitive development, and how these factors may interact over time. The emphasis is on understanding interactions, not just correlations, across multiple domains: substance use, brain development, delinquent behavior, and victimization experiences.

This work is nested within the broader ABCD Study, described in the solicitation as the largest longitudinal study of brain development and child health in the United States. ABCD follows roughly 10,000 children who enter the study at ages 9 to 10 across 21 sites and tracks them into early adulthood. The broader study is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and is intended to map typical trajectories of brain development while also capturing a wide array of adolescent outcomes, including cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. NIJ's sub-study leverages this existing national infrastructure and cohort to add justice-relevant measures that can deepen understanding of risk, resilience, and developmental pathways tied to delinquency and victimization.

In terms of scale and competition, the solicitation lists an award ceiling of $2,000,000 and anticipates making 1 award. The original posting date was June 26, 2017, with an original closing date of July 26, 2017. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services (CFDA 16.560), reflecting NIJ's role in building an evidence base that can inform criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)); for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and individuals. This wide eligibility suggests NIJ was open to proposals from universities and research centers, government-affiliated research entities, and other qualified organizations capable of coordinating data collection enhancements across multiple ABCD sites while working within the collaborative framework of a cooperative agreement.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a strategic investment in augmenting an already landmark developmental neuroscience and health study with measures directly relevant to delinquency and victimization, with the goal of producing richer, policy-relevant insights into how adolescent brain development and substance use connect to justice-related outcomes over the life course.

• The Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.560.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 26, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 26, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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