Promoting the Analysis of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data
AWI's Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data is pleased to offer two $5,000 grants for master's and doctoral students to utilize National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) animal cruelty data in their research
Application Deadline
- The 2024 competition is now closed. Please check back in the fall of 2025 for the next application deadline.
- If you would like to receive an email notification when the submission process begins each year, please send an email to [email protected]. You will be able to remove yourself from this email list at any time.
Application Requirements
- Analysis of NIBRS animal cruelty data must play a central part in the proposed research project. Datasets for analysis can be downloaded here (the raw data can also be obtained from the FBI's Crime Data Explorer or the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research’s National Archive of Criminal Justice Data).
- Applicants must submit the following:
- Completed application form
- Resume/CV
- Letter(s) of support from their institution
Additional Information
- Award notifications will be sent in March 2025.
- Award recipients must agree to submit a written summary of the results of the project at its conclusion. This summary may be edited for potential publication in the AWI Quarterly magazine.
- Award recipients must agree to submit their results for publication in a professional journal or presentation at an appropriate conference.
- For additional information, please contact [email protected].