The below list captures OJP solicitations and challenges that closed during the current fiscal year. You may also access archived funding opportunities using the list of links below. If you are looking for current funding opportunities, access the Current Funding Opportunities page.

• Closed Solicitations
  Solicitations are OJP's competitive and formula/block grant funding opportunity announcements.
• Closed Challenges
  Challenges are technical, scientific, ideation, and creative competitions where the U.S. government seeks innovative solutions from the public, bringing the best ideas and talent together to solve mission-centric problems.
• Archived Funding Opportunities

Closed Solicitations – Fiscal Year 2020

Department of Justice

• Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation; deadline: 2/25/2020

Bureau of Justice Assistance

• Establishment of a National Center on Restorative Justice; deadline: 1/3/2020
• STOP School Violence Grant Program; deadline: 3/3/2020
• Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) National Law Enforcement Survivor Support and National Firefighter and First Responder Survivor Support Program; deadline: 3/31/2020
• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program; deadline: 4/6/2020
• Northern and Middle States Rural Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Grant Program; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities; deadline: 4/14/2020
• Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy; deadline: 4/14/2020
• John R. Justice Program; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Program; deadline: 4/24/2020
• National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 4/28/2020
• Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities; deadline: 4/28/2020
• Improving Community Supervision Outcomes Through Swift, Certain, and Fair Responses; deadline: 4/28/2020
• Gulf States Law Enforcement Technology Initiative; deadline: 4/28/2020
• Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Reducing Violent Crime by Improving Justice System Performance; deadline: 5/1/2020
• National Community Courts Site-based and Training and Technical Assistance Initiative; deadline: 5/1/2020
• Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program; deadline: 5/4/2020
• Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program; deadline: 5/4/2020
• Supporting Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agency Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program; deadline: 5/5/2020
• Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP); deadline: 5/5/2020
• Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies; deadline: 5/5/2020
• Academic-based Drug Field Testing and Training Initiative; deadline: 5/8/2020
• Safeguarding Correctional Facilities and Public Safety by Addressing Contraband Cellphones Program; deadline: 5/11/2020
• Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative; deadline: 5/11/2020
• Strategies for Policing Innovation; deadline: 5/12/2020
• Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism; deadline: 5/12/2020
• Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Innovative Prosecution Solutions Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program; deadline 5/18/2020
• National Center on Restorative Justice; deadline: 5/21/2020
• Law Enforcement National Initiative for Improving Investigations: Supporting State and Local Crime Gun Intelligence Centers Training and Technical Assistance; deadline: 5/22/2020
• Collaborative Mental Health and Anti-Recidivism Initiative; deadline: 5/22/2020
• Second Chance Act Evaluation Participation Support; deadline: 5/28/2020
• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program State Formula Solicitation; deadline: 5/29/2020
• Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program; deadline: 5/29/2020
• Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Solicitation; deadline: 6/1/2020
• Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program; deadline: 6/1/2020
• Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program; deadline: 6/5/2020
• Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership; deadline: 6/8/2020
• Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating Violent Crime; deadline: 6/8/2020
• Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program; deadline: 6/9/2020
• Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism and Address Substance Use Disorders Through Reentry and Housing Services; deadline: 6/9/2020
• Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program; deadline: 6/11/2020
• Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program; deadline: 6/15/2020
• Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence – Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting (SAFE-ITR) Program; deadline: 6/15/2020
• Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence; deadline: 6/15/2020 
• Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA; deadline: 6/16/2020
• Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Competitive; deadline: 6/19/2020
• Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula; deadline: 6/19/2020

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), Reference Years (RY) 2020-2024; deadline 4/14/2020
• FY 2020 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP); deadline: 4/16/2020
• Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP), Reference Years (RY) 2020-2024; deadline 4/21/2020
• NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP); deadline: 4/23/2020
• State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers; deadline: 4/30/2020
• National Pretrial Reporting Program (NPRP) 2020; deadline: 6/2/2020

National Institute of Justice

• Research Assistantship Program; deadline: 1/25/2020
• Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention; deadline: 4/1/2020
• Research into Immigration and Crime; deadline: 4/1/2020
• Research and Evaluation of Technology-Facilitated Abuse for Criminal Justice Purposes; deadline: 4/8/2020
• Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Research and Evaluation on Policing; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Research and Evaluation on School Safety; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Graduate Research Fellowship; deadline: 4/15/2020
• Native Student Travel Scholarship Program: Connecting Science to Crime and Justice; deadline: 4/15/2020
• Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals; deadline 4/20/2020
• Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Research and Evaluations of Victims of Crime; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System; deadline: 4/29/2020
• Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation; deadline: 5/4/2020
• Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives; deadline: 5/5/2020
• Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Research on Juvenile Reoffending; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Sex Trafficking of Minors; deadline: 5/26/2020 
• National Youth Gang Survey; deadline 5/26/2020
• Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime; deadline 5/26/2020
• Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program: A Phased Evaluation Approach; deadline 5/26/2020
• National Center on Forensics; deadline 6/5/2020

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children; deadline: 3/10/2020
• FY 2020 Title II Formula Grants Program; deadline: various dates
• Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program; deadline: 3/30/2020
• Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals; deadline: 3/31/2020
• Enhancing Juvenile Indigent Defense; deadline: 4/6/2020
• National Gang Center; deadline: 4/6/2020
• Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 4/6/2020
• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Support; deadline: 4/6/2020
• Training and Technical Assistance To Expand Children's Advocacy Centers Serving American Indian/Alaska Native Communities; deadline: 4/7/2020
• Tribal Children's Advocacy Center Expansion Initiative for Child Abuse Victims; deadline: 4/7/2020
• Family Drug Court Program; deadline: 4/8/2020
• Alaska Children's Advocacy Center Expansion Initiative for Child Abuse Victims; deadline: 4/8/2020
• National AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 4/9/2020
• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces: Forensic Capacity Hiring Program for Wounded Veterans; deadline: 4/9/2020
• Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Alaska Native Youth Training and Technical Assistance Project; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program; deadline: 4/13/2020
• Supporting Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children With Sexual Behavior Problems; deadline: 4/14/2020
• Opioid Affected Youth Initiative; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Delinquency Prevention Program; deadline: 4/21/2020
• Juvenile Justice System Enhancements; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Reducing the Use of Isolation in Juvenile Facilities; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program; deadline: 4/28/2020
• Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program; deadline: 5/4/2020
• Preventing Trafficking of Girls; deadline: 5/26/2020
• Comprehensive Anti-Gang Programs for Youth; deadline: 5/26/2020
• Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System; deadline: 6/1/2020

Office for Victims of Crime

• Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking; deadline: 2/3/2020
• State Victim Liaison Project; deadline: 4/9/2020
• Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist Program; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Crime Victim Compensation Program Assessment; deadline: 4/20/2020
• Crime Victims' Rights Legal Clinics; deadline: 4/27/2020
• Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting; deadline: 4/30/2020
• Enhancing Community Responses to America’s Addiction Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims; deadline: 5/4/2020
• Enhancing Services for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation; deadline: 5/5/2020
• Expanding SANE Services to Victims of Sexual Assault on Campus; deadline: 5/7/2020
• Training for Law Enforcement to Improve Identification of and Response to Elder Fraud Victims; deadline 5/11/2020
• Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime; deadline: 5/12/2020
• Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human Trafficking; deadline 5/14/2020
• Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; deadline: 5/18/2020
• VOCA Victim Compensation Fellow; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Services for Victims of Human Trafficking; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking; deadline: 5/18/2020
• Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime; deadline: 5/26/2020
• Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence or Domestic Terrorism: Training and Technical Assistance Project; deadline: 5/26/2020
• Services for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking; deadline: 5/29/2020
• Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program; deadline: 5/29/2020
• Targeted Training and Technical Assistance for VOCA Victim Assistance and Compensation Administrators; deadline 6/1/2020
• VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant; deadline: 6/1/2020
• VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant; deadline: 6/1/2020
• Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program; pre-application deadline: 4/30/2020; full application deadline: 6/15/2020

Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking

• SORNA Training and Technical Assistance Program; deadline: 4/9/2020
• Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program; deadline: 4/14/2020

Other Funding Opportunities

National Institute of Justice

• Review and Validation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool; deadline: 4/24/2020
• NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Law Enforcement Officers; deadline: 5/1/2020
• NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Civilians Program; deadline: 5/1/2020

Closed Challenges – Fiscal Year 2020

No closed Challenges

Archived Funding Opportunities

OJP Solicitation Archive