Closed · O-NIJ-2025-172605 · CFDA 16.560 · Discretionary
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Nexus with Firearms and Violence
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Justice, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 8, 2026
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Nexus with Firearms and Violence is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Justice that offered Up to $2,000,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 576 other opportunities from National Institute of Justice.
- up to $2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 16.560
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on June 8, 2026. Watch CFDA 16.560 (National Institute of Justice Research Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Up to $2,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 8, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$2,000,000
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This NOFO seeks applications for rigorous applied research on the intersection of drug crimes and firearms to inform the development of evidence-based tools, practices, and policies for state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice stakeholders that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. With this FY25 NOFO, NIJ seeks applications in four topic areas: (1) Pattern Identification; (2) Interdiction & Disruption Strategies; (3) Prosecution; and (4) Drug Market Dynamics.
Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and… prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 48 other National Institute of Justice listings share this eligibility-code string (8% of 577).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 08
- Public / Indian housing authorities
- 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 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
- 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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Parent Grant Program
National Institute of Justice Research Grants
U.S. Department of Justice
Agency Contact
For assistance with the requirements of this funding opportunity, contact the OJP Response Center at Phone: 800-851-3420 or 202-353-5556 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only), Email: OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov, and Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday–Friday. OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov
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What to do next
NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 16.560 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- National Institute of Justice Research Grants indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Institute of Justice lists 576 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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