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BJS FY 2026 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Training and Technical Assistance

Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ) · Competitive grant · Science & Technology

At a glance

BJS FY 2026 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Training and Technical Assistance is a federal competitive grant from Bureau of Justice Statistics for the science & technology sector. Funding is up to $1.5M. Eligible applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. The application deadline is September 28, 2026. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.

Amount
Up to $1.5M
Deadline
Sep 28, 2026
Type
Competitive
Status
Closing soon

About this program

This program will continue to support activities under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP), and portions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159) in fiscal year (FY) 2024. Direct technical assistance is provided to states, territories, and tribal jurisdictions to ensure that records systems are developed and managed to conform to FBI standards, ensure jurisdictions are using the most appropriate technologies, and adhere to the highest standards of practice with respect to privacy and confidentiality. This program also routinely collects and evaluates performance measures to assess the level of improvement of state and national records holdings, as well as information sharing and exchanges. BJS has supported the NCHIP TTA program since 1995. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks.

Who can apply

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education

How to apply

Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number O-BJS-2026-172689. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.

Apply at official source