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National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Funding & Awards

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects; and fellowship programs through competitive notices of funding opportunity. 

The NIJ has historically funded projects on several topics related to targeted violence and terrorism prevention, including research on school-based hate crimes, firearm violence and mass shootings, school safety, and domestic radicalization. 

Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Research and Publications

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) supports DHS’ targeted violence and terrorism prevention efforts by conducting social science research to understand the evolving threat landscape. S&T works closely with our federal partners, local communities, academia, civil society, law enforcement, and first responders to improve public safety through research and development, technical expertise, technology development, and research and evaluation. Recent S&T research products that look at targeted violence and terrorism include “Online interventions for reducing hate speech and cyberhate: A systematic review”, “Targeted Violence: A Review of Literature on Radicalization and Mobilization”, and “Multiagency programs with police as a partner for reducing radicalization to violence”. 

National Institute of Justice: Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism Resources

Research on domestic radicalization and terrorism is conducted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to support community prevention of targeted violence and terrorism. Evidence based practices are shared to increase resilience across communities and provide communities with information to develop community-wide responses.   

DOJ: Report a Hate Crime or Hate Incident

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division enforces federal laws that protect individuals from hate crimes. A hate crime is violence or threats of violence based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or disability.

This resource provides the public with information on where to report hate crimes and hate incidents. 

Homeland Security Information Network

The Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official system for trusted sharing of Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information between federal, state, local, territorial, tribal, international and private sector partners. Mission operators use HSIN to access Homeland Security data, send requests securely between agencies, manage operations, coordinate planned event safety and security, respond to incidents, and share the information they need to fulfill their missions and help keep their communities safe.

HSIN includes Communities on the following topics: Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Services, Intelligence, and Law Enforcement. 

SchoolSafety.gov Grants Finder Tool

SchoolSafety.gov’s Grants Finder Tool helps you find applicable funding opportunities to help keep your school community safe. The tool features a variety of Federally available school safety-specific grants that you can navigate based on school safety topic, award amount, application level of effort, and more. As Federal agencies release school safety funding opportunities and grants throughout the year, the tool will be updated on an ongoing basis to reflect these opportunities.

SchoolSafety.gov is a collaborative, interagency website created by the federal government to provide schools and districts with actionable recommendations to create safe and supportive learning environments for students and educators. SchoolSafety.gov is the public website of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse (Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-Based Practices), an interagency effort among the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice.

SchoolSafety.gov

SchoolSafety.gov is the public website of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse (Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-Based Practices), an interagency effort among the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice. 

SchoolSafety.gov is a collaborative, interagency website that serves as a one-stop access point for school communities to find information, resources, guidance, and evidence-based practices on a range of school safety topics and threats. Through the site, members of the K-12 academic community can also utilize specific tools to prioritize school safety actions, find applicable resources, connect with state-specific and local school safety officials, and develop school safety plans. 

Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks

This in-depth FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) publication consolidates academic research and operational expertise focused on preventing acts of targeted violence, with a focus on identifying, assessing, and managing the threat of targeted attacks.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Active Shooter Preparedness Resources

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Active Shooter Preparedness Resources provide products, tools, and resources to help prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident. These resources are focused on behavioral indicators, potential attack methods, emergency action plan development, actions that may be taken to increase probability of survival, and how to quickly recover from an incident.

The Challenge of Detecting Ideologically Unattached Terrorists

This U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) National institute of Justice (NIJ) funded report by CNA explores the profiles of domestic terrorists without extremist ideologies, leveraging CNA’s new dataset: the Domestic Terrorism Offender Level Database (DTOLD). 

(October 2024)