Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Solicitation ``Fiscal Year 1999 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Research and Evaluation Grants''

Authority

This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 (1994).

Background

NIJ seeks proposals to use the ADAM program to conduct research using primary data collection or secondary data analysis and to foster research on the development of the ADAM program itself. It is anticipated that up to five grants will be awarded. Available funding is $750,000 with $250,000 set aside to address issues concerning violence against women through the use of ADAM data. The FY 1999 ADAM Research Grant offers an opportunity to use an ongoing Federally-supported and locally-implemented data collection system to investigate questions on a wide range of issues including: drug abuse and drug control policy, criminal behavior and law enforcement, domestic violence and sexual assault, social services and public health, job market and other economic concerns, and methods of drug use surveyance and other sensitive topics. Research sponsored through this solicitation will be executed through data collection at the 35 ADAM sites. Secondary analysis of existing ADAM data that furthers methodological advancement may also be supported. The solicitation is open to current ADAM site management staff as well as other investigators who are able to establish an acceptable working relationship with the site management team. Research using primary data collection will be executed at the 35 ADAM sites and the applicant must obtain access to the arrestees through ADAM site management in order to ensure that relations with the local jail facility are not disturbed and that normal ADAM data collection is not significantly disrupted. For more information on the ADAM program refer to the ADAM website at www.adam-nij.net. Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of ``Fiscal Year 1999 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Research Grants'' (refer to document no. SL000311). For World Wide Web access, connect either to either NIJ at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/ funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice Information Center at https:// www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij. Jeremy Travis, Director, National Institute of Justice. [FR Doc. 98-33247 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-18-P