NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data Research Award

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

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Application Deadline

  • Completed application forms and accompanying materials must be submitted by January 31, 2025.

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 February 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].