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BJS FY 2026 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP)

Bureau of Justice Statistics · O-BJS-2026-172685 · Deadline: September 21, 2026 · Advertised ceiling: $1.8M

Program-level history — this opportunity doesn't publish per-opportunity awards, so these numbers describe its parent program (CFDA 16.734, Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies), not this competition alone. Labeled that way on purpose.

Ask-amount guidance

Applicants here typically receive far less than the advertised ceiling: the program median is $971k against a $1.8M ceiling (55%). Budgets far above the median need a story; budgets far below leave money on the table.

Draw-down reality (program)

Across 11 completed awards in this program (FY2021+ sample, USAspending outlay records), grantees ultimately drew a median 100% of obligated funds. A median well under 100% means underspend or early closure is common here — worth knowing before promising a spend-down timeline.

Listing summary

This opportunity seeks to provide support to further the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)’s mission to produce accurate and timely statistics on recidivism and criminal histories of offenders. The focus of the work is to assist BJS with converting state- and federal-specific fields in criminal history records into research datasets with standardized codes that support statistical analysis and to provide support with multiple recidivism statistics and research projects. BJS uses criminal history data collected from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and state record repositories to stu…

Eligibility: Public and State institutions of higher education, Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), other than higher education, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3), Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses · Categories: Information and Statistics · official listing ↗

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