Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime
National Institute of Justice
Award ceiling
$1,500,000
Award floor
$0
Program funding
$3,000,000
- Opportunity #
- O-NIJ-2026-172659
- Agency
- National Institute of Justice
- ALN (CFDA)
- 16.560
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 14, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Special district governments
- •Independent school districts
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Small businesses
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •County governments
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •State governments
- •City or township governments
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime. This opportunity is a collaboration between the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). It will fund research and evaluation projects to understand the needs of crime victims and survivors and to help improve services they receive. Funding is available for projects in two categories:
• Category 1: Research on Victims of Crime and Victim Services
o Provides funding for two topic areas:
Research on law enforcement-based victim services; and
Evaluation of other programs that provide victim services.
• Category 2: Research on the Extent and Effects of Technology-Facilitated Abuse (TFA), including Nonconsensual Disclosure of Digitally Manipulated Images (i.e., deepfakes)
o Provides funding for research to support victims of TFA and reduce the risk of revictimization.
Contact
National Institute of Justice · OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov