This page presents expired funding opportunities from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Use the search filters below to find specific solicitations. Select a solicitation title to see details about the solicitation along with any resulting awards.
BJS FY24 State Justice Statistics for Statistical Analysis Centers Technical Assistance Program
BJS seeks to provide funding for the Technical Assistance Program to support activities under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (SJS-SAC) in fiscal year 2024. The SJS-SAC is designed to maintain and enhance each state’s capacity to coordinate statistical activities in the state, conduct research on relevant criminal justice issues, and serve as a liaison to help BJS gather data from state agencies.
BJS FY24 Statistical Support Program
BJS seeks to administer the Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Support Program (BJS-SSP). The primary aim of the BJS-SSP is to provide statistical and methodological support for existing and new data collections. BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on policing, prosecution, courts, institutional corrections, community supervision, and victimization. The BJS-SSP will support efforts to expand the agency’s capacity to collect, analyze, and report criminal justice data, increasing the breadth of substantive issues.
FY 2024 National Survey of Victim Service Providers (NSVSP)
BJS seeks a data collection agent to administer the 2024 National Survey of Victim Service Providers (NSVSP). The NSVSP is part of BJS’s Victim Services Statistical Research Program, an effort to develop a statistical infrastructure around victim services and address major gaps in our knowledge about the availability and use of services to support victims of crime or abuse.
BJS FY24 Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, 2024-2026
BJS seeks to collect data on persons who died in the custody of federal law enforcement agencies in fiscal year (FY) 2024, FY25, and FY26, building on BJS’s existing efforts. The data collection will include a web-based interface to allow federal law enforcement agencies to identify all deaths that are arrest-related or that occur in detention or incarceration facilities.
BJS FY24 Continuation of the Federal Justice Statistics Program
BJS seeks to maximize the utility of the Federal Justice Statistics Program by providing the data and tools needed to support evidence-based analyses for the Department of Justice and other executive, legislative, and judicial branch agencies. This includes expanding the information available through the Federal Criminal Case Processing query tool and demonstrating new ways—especially through record-linkage tools—that federal data can be analyzed to develop evidence to support policymaking.
BJS FY24 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
BJS seeks to continue funding for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) to identify program priorities and provide information on application requirements. In fiscal year 2024, BJS is prioritizing the use of funds for two purposes: (1) to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmittal of records to state and federal systems used by the NICS, and (2) to improve the overall reporting to the NICS of persons prohibited from possessing firearms for reasons related to domestic violence and mental health.
BJS FY24 State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers
BJS seeks to fund applications from state Statistical Analysis Centers under the fiscal year 2024 State Justice Statistics program. The program supports the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistical information on crime and criminal justice at the state and local levels.
BJS FY24 Census of Jails, 2025 and 2026
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks a data collection agent for administering the 2025 and 2026 annual Census of Jails (COJ) to approximately 2,900 jails. The COJ stands as BJS’s most comprehensive collection of jail administrative data, providing national and state-level statistics on various aspects of jail populations. From 1970 to 2024, BJS conducted the COJ every 5 to 6 years to gather information on jail populations and facility characteristics.
BJS FY24 LEMAS PATOW Supplement-Invited to Apply
BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
BJS seeks to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks.
BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
BJS seeks to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history record background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117–159).