Building promising scholars of the future: NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel will highlight one of NIJ’s premiere fellowship opportunities: the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program. The GRF program provides awards to promising doctoral students engaged in research with implications for criminal justice policy and practice. Dr. Marie Garcia, Social Science Analyst at the National Institute of Justice, will provide an overview of the GRF program and recommendations for submitting strong proposals. The panel will also highlight the experiences and research trajectories of two GRF fellows.

Sub Unit

• Area XI: Professional Development

Individual Presentations

• Helping young scholars of the future: NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program - Marie Garcia, National Institute of Justice

• Trajectories of job search and wellbeing among reentering individuals - Naomi Sugie, Princeton University

• Evidence-based Treatment and Responsivity: Individual and Program Predictors of Treatment Outcomes during Adolescent Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment and Juvenile Drug Court - Liana Taylor, George Mason University