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NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration

Federal funding opportunity O-NIJ-2026-172800 from National Institute of Justice (Department of Justice).

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes November 16, 2026

Posted
October 9, 2026
Closes
November 16, 2026
Award ceiling
$3,000,000
Program funding
$3,000,000
Expected awards
5
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
16.560
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 16.560 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$1.2M
FY2026 obligated
$3.9M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
264

Top recipients: Research Triangle Institute, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Denver, Ohio State University, the, University of New Mexico

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

Synopsis

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration. This opportunity supports proposals for rigorous, applied research and evaluations examining the adult criminal justice system (courts, law enforcement, jails, prisons, and community supervision) challenges and responses to illegal immigration and crimes committed by aliens while in the U.S. illegally at the state, local, and tribal levels. This includes, but is not limited to, location and apprehension, court operations, transportation and detention, investigating fraud and other crimes committed by illegal aliens, including creating an accurate profile of their rates of criminal activity, counter gang and criminal activity including drug and human trafficking operations. Criminal justice agencies often develop innovative solutions to local challenges that may provide insight to other jurisdictions. Applicants may propose studies examining single or multiple states and jurisdictions and models of cooperation between federal, state, local and tribal justice systems and other stakeholders. The goal of this NOFO is to identify innovative local strategies, evaluate their effectiveness, and inform practical, data-driven solutions that inform and strengthen the strategies that state, local, and tribal justice systems use to address illegal immigration.

Who can apply

Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.

How to apply

Applications go through the official government listing. Grants Radar links you straight to the source — applying is free.

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Agency contact: National Institute of Justice · [email protected] · 202-616-5314

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