Funding grants

The Guidelines for grants issued by the Council for applicants include the following criteria adopted by the Council in consideration of applications:

• public policy relevance
• the extent to which the proposed research will have practical application and contribute to the understanding, prevention or correction of criminal behaviour
• the likelihood of the proposed research making a substantial and original contribution to criminological knowledge
• the cost effectiveness of the research
• the soundness of the design and methodology and the feasibility of the research
• the competence of the applicants(s) or principal investigators(s) to undertake the proposed research
• ethics committee approval, where appropriate
• availability of data, where required
• the extent of funding or in-kind support obtained from relevant agencies.