Open U.S. Department of Justice funding calls

Justice research and programs from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, OJJDP and the National Institute of Justice. 48 open calls, soonest deadline first.

• OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 10
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $3,000,000Deadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Capital Case Litigation Initiative: Improving the Quality of Legal Representation in State Capital Cases
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $450,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $3,500,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $750,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,500,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $1,000,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $750,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $1,200,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $2,850,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Competitive Grants Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $500,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Technological Investigative Capacity
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $675,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention $1,000,000 – $4,000,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Adult Treatment Court Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,500,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $1,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 National Center for Veterans Justice
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $4,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,637,041Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY26 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement - Formula Grants Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $23,757,080Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,000,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,000,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $600,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $750,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $1,200,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $4,964,030Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• BJA FY26 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Competitive Grants Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $4,900,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $120,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $600,000Deadline: November 6, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $645,000Deadline: November 13, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $250,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $650,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Family Treatment Court Program
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $850,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children On-Line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS)
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $900,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Justice System Enhancements
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $1,324,666Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $5,943,493Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $815,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $750,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $2,000,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $2,500,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $3,000,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Crime and Justice Research
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $5,000,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Strengthening State and Local Operations to Reduce Crime and Recidivism
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $4,000,000Deadline: November 20, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners – Formula Grants Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,200,000Deadline: November 20, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $5,000,000Deadline: November 23, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research on Gender Dysphoria and Violent Crime
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $1,000,000Deadline: November 23, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $1,800,000Deadline: November 30, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Drones as First Responders
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $3,500,000Deadline: November 30, 2026 ·
• NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime: Gangs and Organized Criminal Groups (Domestic and Transnational)
  National Institute of JusticeUp to $3,000,000Deadline: November 30, 2026 ·
• OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $5,000,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $1,000,000Deadline: December 2, 2026 ·