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Page 6 - Act of 1984, the National Institute of Justice: • Sponsors research and development to improve and strengthen the criminal justice system and related civil justice aspects. with a balanced program of basic and applied research. • Evaluates the effectiveness of justice improvement programs and identifies programs that promise to be successful if continued or repeated.
Page 6 - ... Justice is a research branch of the US Department of Justice. The Institute's mission is to develop knowledge about crime, its causes and control. Priority is given to policy-relevant research that can yield approaches and information State and local agencies can use in preventing and reducing crime.
Page 6 - NIJ builds upon the foundation laid by the former National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, the first major Federal research program on crime and justice. Carrying out the mandate assigned by Congress, the National Institute of Justice: • Sponsors research and development to improve and strengthen the criminal justice system and related civil justice aspects, with a balanced program of basic and applied research. • Evaluates the effectiveness of federally funded justice improvement...
Page 3 - Press, 1977). ^National Science Board, Basic Research in the Mission Agencies: Agency Perspectives on the Conduct and Support of Basic Research, Report of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1978 (NSB - 78 -1). ^Hannay, N. Bruce, "Technological Innovation and National Priorities," National Committee for the Advancement of Research, Thirty-first Annual Meeting, Report, 1977, pages 41-43.
Page 1 - Health) primarily in research studies. A matching procedure akin to the national internship matching will be employed to assure that each individual is assigned to a preceptor whose area of expertise is of interest to the trainee, and consistent with his/her career plans. Salaries will be provided according to the scale in effect for staff fellows in intramural research at ADAMHA and NIH.
Page 1 - USPHS agencies (Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Institutes of Health) primarily in research studies.
Page 4 - Act as it deems appropriate. (c) The persons nominated for appointment as members of the Board (1) shall be eminent in the fields of the basic, medical, or social sciences, engineering, agriculture, education, research management, or public affairs; (2) shall be selected solely on the basis of established records of distinguished service; and (3) shall be so selected as to provide representation of the views of scientific leaders in all areas of the Nation.
Page 1 - September 15, 1981, may be considered for service to begin on or about July 1, 1982. During the first year, each successful applicant will attend a university, at government expense as a candidate for the MPH or equivalent degree. During the subsequent two years, individuals will work in association with senior epidemiologists in the participating USPHS agencies (Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; Centers for Disease Control; Food and Drug Administration; and the National Institutes...
Page 1 - Occasionally grants are awarded to exceptionally wellqualified graduate students or scientific workers who do not have research degrees or who are not associated with a university but who do have full qualifications for research on a scientific project of significance.
Page 1 - Dimes defines a birth defect as an abnormality of structure, function, or metabolism, whether genetically determined or a result of environmental interference during embryonic or fetal life.

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