Closed · O-OVW-2025-172399 · CFDA 16.026 · Discretionary
OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation Initiative
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office on Violence Against Women, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $500K-$5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 23, 2025
- Close date
- 7
- Expected awards
The verdict
OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Office on Violence Against Women that offered $500,000 -- $5,000,000 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office on Violence Against Women.
- $500K-$5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 7
- expected awards
- 16.026
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation… is closed (last close September 23, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office on Violence Against Women still indexes 414 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 23, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$8,000,000
Expected Awards
7
Instrument
Grant
Description
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative is to study approaches to preventing and addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. By studying the efficacy of strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, the R&E Initiative helps communities assess their current programs and adopt proven strategies. The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW recipients use federal funds most effectively.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 10 doors
OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (10 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +6 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 6 other Office on Violence Against Women listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 415).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
For assistance with the requirements of this NOFO, email OVW at OVW.Research@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026. OVW.Research@usdoj.gov
More from Office on Violence Against Women
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Grant Program to Assist Children and Youth Affected by and to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (ICJR Program)
What to do next
OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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