Summary
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration. This opportunity supports proposals for rigorous, applied research and evaluations examining the adult criminal justice system (courts, law enforcement, jails, prisons, and community supervision) challenges and responses to illegal immigration and crimes committed by aliens while in the U.S. illegally at the state, local, and tribal levels. This includes, but is not limited to, location and apprehension, court operations, transportation and detention, investigating fraud and other crimes committed by illegal aliens, including creating an accurate profile of their rates of criminal activity, counter gang and criminal activity including drug and human trafficking operations. Criminal justice agencies often develop innovative solutions to local challenges that may provide insight to other jurisdictions. Applicants may propose studies examining single or multiple states and jurisdictions and models of cooperation between federal, state, local and tribal justice systems and other stakeholders. The goal of this NOFO is to identify innovative local strategies, evaluate their effectiveness, and inform practical, data-driven solutions that inform and strengthen the strategies that state, local, and tribal justice systems use to address illegal immigration.
Eligibility
- County Governments
- City Or Township Governments
- Public and State Institutions of Higher Education
- State Governments
- Native American Tribal Organizations Other Than Federally Recognized Tribal Governments
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- For Profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses
- Nonprofits Non Higher Education Without 501c3
- Nonprofits Having A 501(c)(3) Status With the Irs Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Native American Tribal Governments Federally Recognized
- Special District Governments
- Other
- Small Businesses
Funding categories
- Science Technology and Other Research and Development
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