Closed · O-BJS-2025-172531 · CFDA 16.734 · Discretionary

BJS FY25 Survey of Public Defenders (SPD)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Statistics, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $1M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 2, 2026
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

BJS FY25 Survey of Public Defenders (SPD) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Statistics that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 233 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Statistics.

up to $1M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
16.734
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on March 2, 2026. CFDA 16.734 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $1,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 2, 2026

Posted Jan 21 Closes Mar 2

Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) FY 2025 Survey of Public Defenders (SPD) is a new data collection to capture questions about the provision of public defense, including demographics, caseloads, clients, and access to resources, directly from attorneys. BJS’s history studying public defense dates back to 1986, and has periodically updated and modernized its knowledge of public defense field. In 1986 BJS looked more generally at criminal defense with the Criminal Defense System Study, and targeted studies at public defense with the National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS) as a probability sample in 1999 and a census in 2013. In response to lessons learned from the 1999 NSIDS, BJS also conducted the Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) in 2007, focusing on publicly-funded defender offices. Each of BJS’s prior collections examined public defense at the office level. After consideration of the results of these efforts, BJS determined that some questions about the provision of public defense. In 2021, the SPD survey instrument and sample design were created and pilot tested. In response to sampling challenges arising from an incomplete current frame of public defender offices, in 2025 BJS ran a new CPDO. The purpose of FY2025SPD solicitation is to use the 2025 CPDO and to implement lessons learned and recommendations from the pilot study into the full national collection of the SPD.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for BJS FY25 Survey of Public Defenders (SPD) includes a for-profit door among 7 printed types (Independent school districts; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); +3 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (IS). Only 1 other Bureau of Justice Statistics listing share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 234).

Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses

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.

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Agency Contact

Contact Phone Number AskBJS@usdoj.gov

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