Public Safety · Active
National Institute of Justice Research Grants · DOJ · Sparse NOFO · mid band
National Institute of Justice Research Grants (CFDA 16.560) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $50K–$1M
- Typical award range
- 2
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOJ
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, National Institute of Justice Research Grants ranks #75 of 504, #2 of 23 within DOJ, and #28 of 38 among Public Safety programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 16.560 is an active Public Safety program with 2 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $50K–$1M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $12.5 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
National Institute of Justice Research Grants · lower-band quiet listing (#420/502 by ceiling)
National Institute of Justice Research Grants sits below most listed ceilings (16th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
National Institute of Justice Research Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$1,000,000 Top 84% higher than 16% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-22
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.560 · DOJ VOL-SPARSE · #75/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 2 indexed
- UPPER-Q #75/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $50K–$1M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 2 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.560
VOL-SPARSE · #75/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestNational Institute… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Few announcements, mid-scale dollars
Mid-band ceiling ($50,000 to $1.0 million) with only 2 indexed Grants.gov rows for National Institute of Justice Research Grants. Competitive traffic is light relative to the printed award size, so deadlines on the sparse NOFO list matter more than catalog rank.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Research grants on crime, violence, and criminal justice system improvements including technology.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 2 doors
National Institute of Justice Research Grants bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (2 doors: Educational Institution, Nonprofit Organization). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 16.560
65% of the 498 indexed listings under CFDA 16.560 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism National Institute of Justice Research Grants typically uses to move money. 1% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $1.1 billion across 335 listings (avg $3.4 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 6,121 across 420 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.560, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 16.560
None of the 498 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.560 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $20,000 to $65.0 million (3250×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. Listings span 7 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL, 47%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 498 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $2.0 million (351 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOJ · administering agency
U.S. Department of Justice
Law enforcement, crime prevention, victim services, and criminal justice system grants.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 16.560
NIJ FY 2026 State and Local Collection and Reporting of Crime Data
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technology Implementation and Impact for Law Enforcement Purposes
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence for Criminal Justice Purposes
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Nexus with Firearms and Violence
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on School Safety
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (2 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 16.560: 2 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) administers 23 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Multifamily Housing Service Coordinators (14.267). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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