NIJ FY25 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: February 9, 2026

Close date: February 23, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361265

Opportunity number: O-NIJ-2025-172533

Opportunity category: Continuation

Agency name: National Institute of Justice

Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-NIJ

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $3,450,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:usdoj_ojp_nij
  • category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:continuation
  • status:forecasted
Description

This funding opportunity seeks to continue funding the Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center (CJTTEC). The Center provides testing, evaluation, and other activities to support the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and efficacy of technologies in use or adaptable by criminal justice and juvenile justice communities. The Center informs NIJ’s research and development efforts as well as NIJ’s stakeholders, including criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry, by: (1) conducting secondary research on technologies and technology implementation for potential use by criminal justice communities; (2) performing experimental testing and evaluation on technologies to inform potential adoption by criminal justice agencies; (3) conducting experimental or rigorous quasi-experimental research and evaluation of technology implementation by criminal justice agencies; (4) administering the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP); and (5) supporting the development, validation, and maintenance of criminal justice equipment standards.

NIJ FY25 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center
This funding opportunity seeks to continue funding the Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center (CJTTEC). The Center provides testing, evaluation, and other activities to support the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and efficacy of technologies in use or adaptable by criminal justice and juvenile justice communities. The Center informs NIJ’s research and development efforts as well as NIJ’s stakeholders, including criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, researchers, federal partners, and private industry, by: (1) conducting secondary research on technologies and technology implementation for potential use by criminal justice communities; (2) performing experimental testing and evaluation on technologies to inform potential adoption by criminal justice agencies; (3) conducting experimental or rigorous quasi-experimental research and evaluation of technology implementation by criminal justice agencies; (4) administering the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP); and (5) supporting the development, validation, and maintenance of criminal justice equipment standards.
[Forecasted] NIJ FY25 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center
Forecasted
National Institute of Justice
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Cooperative Agreement
Others
2026-02-09