The University of Virginia’s Center for Public Safety and Justice, in partnership with the Howard and Carol Safir Foundation, is seeking proposals for a new grant program aimed at advancing innovation in public safety.
The initiative will fund three projects—referred to as “Innovation Labs”—focused on urban policing, drug enforcement, and cross-jurisdictional collaboration. Each selected project will receive up to $50,000 over a two-year period and will present findings at a national Public Safety Innovation Symposium hosted at UVA.
According to program details, the effort is designed to support practical, forward-looking approaches to longstanding and emerging public safety challenges. Priority will be given to proposals that test or refine new methods with measurable impact, rather than traditional research or policy discussions…