This funding opportunity seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice to prevent and combat hate crimes and their effects under two categories: (1) preventing and addressing hate crimes and (2) school-based hate crimes. Under the first category, preventing and addressing hate crimes, NIJ seeks applications for (a) evaluations of interventions to prevent hate crimes; (b) research to improve understanding of strategies used by targeted communities and their members to reduce the risk of hate crime victimization; (c) evaluations of interventions to address the needs of hate crime survivors and their communities; and (d) research to improve understanding, identification, and response to understudied types and hate crime motivations. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria. Category 1: Research and Evaluation on Preventing and Addressing Hate Crimes Category 2: Research and Evaluation on School-Based Hate Crimes