NIJ FY 2026 Research on Gender Dysphoria and Violent Crime
NIJ will fund retrospective secondary-data research on gender dysphoria, its treatment, and violent crime or violent behavior, including prevalence, post-conviction analyses, victim/offender overlap, and comorbidity effects.
⚑ Retrospective secondary data analysis only; no prospective intervention or primary data collection is described. · Award ceiling is $1,000,000. · Eligibility is not stated in the notice; treat as broadly open unless the full NOFO says otherwise.
This is primarily a criminology/clinical-mental-health topic about gender dysphoria and violent crime, which is outside IPPRA’s core public-opinion, risk perception, weather/energy, and education-policy lines. The secondary-data, justice, and behavioral-health methods are compatible in a generic sense, but there is no clear roster member whose published program centers on this substantive area.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-10
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds basic research |
| IPPRA | 65 good | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: policy analysis; social/behavioral work is central; funds basic research; capped at 65 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the NIJ FY 2026 Research on Gender Dysphoria and Violent Crime. This opportunity will support foundational research on gender dysphoria, its treatment, and the perpetration of violence and violent behavior. Available empirical evidence regarding this topic is limited, particularly in regard to underlying causal mechanisms. To address these gaps, NIJ is interested in retrospective, secondary data analyses that explore gender dysphoria, its treatment, and the perpetration of violence and violent behavior. Examples include, but are not limited to: • Prevalence rates of violent crime and behavior for this population, to include demographic information and crime type characteristics. • Post-conviction analyses, to include analyses based on individuals who have been incarcerated. • Analyses examining the relationship between violence and gender dysphoria diagnosis and/or treatment. • Research on the victim/offender overlap or other contextual factors to interpret trends. • Impact of comorbidities (e.g., substance use disorders and/or mental health disorders) on the relationship between violence and gender dysphoria diagnosis and/or treatment.
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