OpenFederal grantOpen to for-profit businessesO-NIJ-2026-172800

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

National Institute of JusticeCloses Nov 16, 2026(34 days left)Up to $3,000,000

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What this funds

Money can be used for
Research, Evaluation, Data collection
Who can apply
Small businesses, For-profit companies, Nonprofits, State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, Colleges and universities, Other applicants (see eligibility)
Award range
Up to $3,000,000

Summary

State, local, tribal, and special district governments, nonprofits, universities, and for-profit organizations (including small businesses) may apply. Funds support rigorous applied research and evaluation of how adult criminal justice systems—courts, law enforcement, jails, prisons, and community supervision—respond to illegal immigration, including apprehension, detention, court operations, and跨

About this grant

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.

Topics and uses of funds

Topics

  • Criminal justice
  • Immigration
  • Law enforcement
  • Research
  • Public safety

Program contact

National Institute of JusticeOJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov202-616-5314

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