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January 15, 2026







*BJS FY25 Consolidated National
Criminal History Improvement Program
and BJS FY25 State Justice Statistics
Program for Statistical Analysis
Centers funding applications are open*

BJS is seeking applications for the BJS FY25 Consolidated National
Criminal History Improvement Program and BJS FY25 State Justice
Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers. See below for more
information on both notices and the two-step application process.

*BJS FY25 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement
Program** (NCHIP)*

The program combines three previously separate funding opportunities
to provide grants to assist states, state court systems, territories, and
federally recognized tribes. The funding opportunity aims to reduce
violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy,
utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related
records, and updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background
Check System with information which may disqualify individuals from
purchasing or possessing firearms.

*BJS FY25 State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical
Analysis Centers (SACs**)*

The program supports the collection, analysis, and dissemination of
statistical information on crime and criminal justice at the state and
local levels.

Both applications are submitted in a two-step process, each step with its own deadline:


* Step 1: Submit an SF-424 in Grants.gov [ [link removed] ]. *The **form is due on February 24, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. ET.*
* Step 2*:* Submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants.usdoj.gov [ [link removed] ]. *The full JustGrants application is due on** March 3, 2026, by 8:59 p.m. ET.*

Apply for the FY25 Consolidated NCHIP [ [link removed] ]

Apply for the FY25 SJS Program for SAC [ [link removed] ]

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is
the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and
disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the
United States. 

For more information on BJS, including announcements, publications,
data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit
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