NIJ will award one post-doctoral Native American Studies Research Fellowship. The Fellowship will be awarded to the applicant who shows the greatest potential for future achievement as a scholar and researcher, and who can demonstrate experience relevant to the unique demands of working with tribal communities, including experience living or working in Indian Country. The Fellow is expected to study for a 12-month period while in residence at NIJ.
The Native American Studies Fellow will work directly with NIJ staff on a new research program that will collect information on violence against Indian women in Indian Country and Alaska Native villages. This will be the first national research effort to collect information from enrolled members of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in Indian Country. The program is also conducting, or funding, a number of studies evaluating the effectiveness of Federal, State, tribal, and local response to violence against Indian women in Indian Country. For more information, see http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/tribal-justice/vaw-research/welcome.htm.
The ideal candidate is an individual who has recently graduated (within the last five years) or will be graduating by the Fellowship start date from an accredited Ph.D. program in the United States. Applicants should have expertise in American Indian and Alaska Native research and evaluation including developing research capacity and culturally appropriate research methods and tools. Expertise on violence against Indian women and public health and/or public safety issues in Indian Country should also be demonstrated.
