law_justice_and_legal_services · USDOJ-OJP-BJA

Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs Concept Paper

Bureau of Justice Assistance · BJA-2016-8986

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $400K

Total Program Funding

$4.0M

Deadline

March 29, 2016

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs Concept Paper. Bureau of Justice Assistance. The program is targeted to receive application from organizations to develop and implement new and innovative strategies that better enable local criminal justice systems to prevent and respond to emerging and chronic crime problems that affect many communities in the United States. Proposals will... up to $400,000 per award; $4,000,000 total program funding.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Category 1: Eligible applicants are limited to public agencies that perform criminal justice functions, including states, units of local government...
•Deadline: 2016-03-29

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What This Grant Funds

The program is targeted to receive application from organizations to develop and implement new and innovative strategies that better enable local criminal justice systems to prevent and respond to emerging and chronic crime problems that affect many communities in the United States. Proposals will be aimed at addressing a gap in the current base of knowledge about responding to and or preventing crime and be developed or implemented in a way that allows other communities or organizations to learn from and potentially replicate the approach. Applications must be either innovative and or strategic in nature.

Attachments

PDF

Full Announcement

bja_fy16_field_initiated_programs.pdf

Who Can Apply

Category 1: Eligible applicants are limited to public agencies that perform criminal justice functions, including states, units of local government, and Indian tribes that perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior (including the departments, agencies, or instrumentality of the foregoing); or public or private entities, including but not limited to for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.Category 2: Eligible applicants are limited to public or private entities, including institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) or national for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $400K
Total Program Funding: $4.0M
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: February 12, 2016

Application Deadline: March 29, 2016 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

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