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ClosedDeadline extended (was Jul 6, 2021)Opportunity O-BJA-2021-19004

BJA FY 21 Smart Policing Initiative

Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice

At a glance

BJA FY 21 Smart Policing Initiative is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice). The application deadline was July 12, 2021. Individual awards are listed as up to $500K, with about 14 awards expected and $7M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.738 (Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

  1. May 19, 2021Posted
  2. Jul 12, 2021Application deadline
Posted
May 19, 2021
Close date
Jul 12, 2021
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
$500,000
Est. total funding
$7,000,000
Original deadline (extended)
Jul 6, 2021
Expected awards
14
Cost sharing
Not required
Funding instrument
Grant
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Who can apply

  • Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

See Eligibility Section

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Smart Policing Initiative (SPI, formerly Strategies for Policing Innovation) provides funding to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology. Recipients of funding under the FY 2021 SPI Program will establish police-researcher partnerships; test promising crime prevention, response, and reduction practices; improve police accountability and build their capacity to analyze and use crime intelligence and data; implement and test justice information-sharing technology; and evaluate their effectiveness. For this solicitation, "justice information-sharing technology" refers to any technology (hardware and/or software, hosted residentially or remotely) that plays a role in the collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of criminal justice data.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 16.738

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$340M
FY25$298M
FY26— est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.738. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.738

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 2,419 grant awards had funding actions under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, with 4,470 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. CITY OF CHICAGO$76.8M
  2. CITY OF MILWAUKEE$75M
  3. CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS$35.9M
  4. THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH, INC.$27.4M
  5. TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR$26.2M
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
grants@ncjrs.gov
202-514-9354

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “BJA FY 21 Smart Policing Initiative”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “BJA FY 21 Smart Policing Initiative”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $500k, total estimated program funding is $7,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 14 awards.

How do I apply for “BJA FY 21 Smart Policing Initiative”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-BJA-2021-19004), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.