BJA FY25 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program
Key Facts
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: March 27, 2026
Close date: April 20, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361697
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2025-172491
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $3,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usdoj_ojp_bja
- category_of_funding_activity:law_justice_and_legal_services
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Description
This NOFO will support state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecution agencies, and their partners in identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and preventing hate crimes. Funding may be used to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or any other form of assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of such crimes and can also be used to address serial violent hate crime offenses by the same person(s).