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Opportunities & Awards

Past Funding Opportunities

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 2024

SolicitationDeadlineProgram Office
Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance SolicitationGrants.gov: 3/5/2024; JustGrants: 3/12/2024DOJ
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Invited to Apply Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) ProgramGrants.gov: 11/14/2023; JustGrants: 11/15/2023BJA
Invited to Apply Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded AwardsGrants.gov: 11/16/2023; JustGrants: 11/17/2023BJA
Invited to Apply Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 3Grants.gov: 1/25/2024; JustGrants: 2/2/2024BJA
Invited to Apply Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 2Grants.gov: 1/29/2024; JustGrants: 2/14/2024BJA
Invited to Apply Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program 1Grants.gov: 4/9/2024; JustGrants: 4/11/2024BJA
Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System ProgramGrants.gov: 4/10/2024; JustGrants: 4/15/2024BJA
Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry ProgramGrants.gov: 4/25/2024; JustGrants: 4/30/2024BJA
Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 4Grants.gov: 4/25/2024; JustGrants: 4/30/2024BJA
Second Chance Act Pay for SuccessGrants.gov: 4/25/2024; JustGrants: 4/30/2024BJA
Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNAGrants.gov: 4/25/2024; JustGrants: 5/2/2024BJA
Community Supervision StrategiesGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024BJA
Postconviction Testing of DNA EvidenceGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024BJA
Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry ProgramGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024BJA
Smart Prosecution - Innovative Prosecution SolutionsGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024BJA
Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response ProgramGrants.gov: 5/1/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024BJA
Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • No expired BJS solicitations at this time
National Institute of Justice
Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Opioid OverdosesGrants.gov: 2/12/2024; JustGrants: 2/26/2024NIJ
Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism Research Center of ExcellenceGrants.gov: 2/15/2024; JustGrants: 2/29/2024NIJ
National Juvenile Court Data ArchiveGrants.gov: 3/5/2024; JustGrants: 3/19/2024NIJ
Research on School-Based Hate CrimesGrants.gov: 3/22/2024; JustGrants: 4/5/2024NIJ
Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older AdultsGrants.gov: 4/1/2024; JustGrants: 4/15/2024NIJ
Graduate Research FellowshipGrants.gov: 4/10/2024; JustGrants: 4/17/2024NIJ
Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice PurposesGrants.gov: 4/11/2024; JustGrants: 4/18/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic LaboratoriesGrants.gov: 4/15/2024; JustGrants: 4/22/2024NIJ
Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and CrimeGrants.gov: 4/18/2024; JustGrants: 4/29/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of CrimeGrants.gov: 4/17/2024; JustGrants: 5/1/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against WomenGrants.gov: 4/17/2024; JustGrants: 5/1/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in PersonsGrants.gov: 4/24/2024; JustGrants: 5/1/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence and Mass ShootingsGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation on Hate CrimesGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024NIJ
Research and Evaluation on the Impact of Technologies for Forensic Science ApplicationsGrants.gov: 4/29/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024NIJ
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated parents and Their Minor ChildrenGrants.gov: 4/15/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024OJJDP
Enhancing Youth DefenseGrants.gov: 4/15/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024OJJDP
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry ProgramGrants.gov: 4/15/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024OJJDP
Office for Victims of Crime
Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human TraffickingGrants.gov: 4/8/2024; JustGrants: 4/22/2024OVC
Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human TraffickingGrants.gov: 4/8/2024; JustGrants: 4/22/2024OVC
Services for Victims of Human TraffickingGrants.gov: 4/8/2024; JustGrants: 4/22/2024OVC
Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human TraffickingGrants.gov: 4/24/2024; JustGrants: 5/6/2024OVC
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
  • No expired SMART solicitations at this time
Other Funding Opportunities
  • No closed other funding opportunities at this time.
Closed Challenges – Fiscal Year 2024
  • No closed challenges at this time.


Archived Funding Opportunities

Date Modified: May 7, 2024
Date Created: January 21, 2020