# Public Safety and Violence Prevention Research, Evaluation, and Implementation (97.108)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/97-108-public-safety-and-violence-prevention-research-evaluation/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Public Safety and Violence Prevention Research, Evaluation, and Implementation is run by Department of Homeland Security. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $19.7 million in 19 grants, about $1.0 million per award.

## Objectives

S&T seeks to support foundational research that contributes to advancing the state of the science through novel, nuanced, innovative and rigorous scientific inquiry using diverse and non-traditional strategies. This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) aims to: 1. Conduct basic and applied research to improve our understanding of how and why individuals radicalize to violence, mobilize to violence, and disengage from violence using diverse and non-traditional research strategies from a multi-disciplinary perspective. 2. Understand the efficacy of non-government, online interventions to prevent, deter, or otherwise mitigate negative outcomes and harms related to online behaviors as they are related to Homeland Security missions. Please note that any activities conducted for research purposes must include an independent and objective evaluation component to understand outcomes and, if possible, impacts of interventions that are measurable and repeatable. 3. Ensure key stakeholders such as federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, law enforcement, community-based organizations, violence prevention practitioners, and members of the public have the knowledge and tools required to support the implementation of effective prevention and intervention programming.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.3 million | 9 |
| 2022 | $729,412 | 2 |
| 2023 | $4.3 million | 7 |
| 2024 | $11.5 million | 10 |
| 2025 | -$1,555 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland | $3.5 million |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Massachusetts | $2.7 million |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $2.1 million |
| University of Nebraska | Nebraska | $2.1 million |
| Tda Research, Inc. | Colorado | $1.6 million |
| Moonshot Cve USA Inc | District of Columbia | $1.5 million |
| Research Triangle Institute | North Carolina | $1.3 million |
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-U.S. | Ohio | $1.2 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | $1.1 million |
| University of South Carolina | South Carolina | $751,842 |
| Australian National University |  | $582,777 |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | $419,863 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Massachusetts | $374,640 |
| Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC | South Dakota | $250,000 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Florida | $150,000 |
| National Policing Institute | Virginia | $131,132 |