Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice
OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program
In short: Bureau of Justice Assistance gives grants of up to $5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 47 days left
- Award size
- Up to $5M
- Match ?
- Not required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- State government, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), County government, Tribal government, City or town government, and others named in the official notice
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
Before you apply: federal grants require an active SAM.gov registration (Unique Entity ID) and a Grants.gov account. Registration is free but can take weeks, so start now, not when the deadline is close. Get-ready checklist
How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No match required
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 118
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
About this grant
Who can apply, from the official notice
Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/c24c938a-eb33-4b2c-b7ae-1bd14814b497 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/0ea64dad-1592-492f-a085-32dd3d1a2c0e
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Your schedule, working back from the deadline
- Oct15
Check that your SAM.gov registration is active (or start it now)
Grants.gov: allow up to 10 business days for SAM registration, weeks or months if information isn't verified. It must be renewed every year. Grants.gov - Nov10
Ask partners for letters of support or commitment
Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters. - Nov24
Finish a complete draft for a final review
Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft. - Nov29
Submit
Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog - Dec1
Deadline
From the funder.
Save this grant to put these dates in My grants and your private calendar.
See how others wrote it
The agency posted this example. Read them for structure and level of detail. Don't copy their words: funders treat copied text as plagiarism, and requirements change from year to year, so follow the current notice.
- Any OJP grant (sample for a rural police department)
Sample budgets
A sample budget summary and budget narrative. Not a full application · Link checked Oct 7, 2026
Who in Tennessee has won this program
59 awards to Tennessee groups in 17 counties since 2013. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.3M | 2021 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.1M | 2024 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $4.1M spent that year | 2025 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.9M | 2025 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $2.3M | 2020 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1.6M spent that year | 2025 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1.1M | 2023 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2024 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2022 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $895K | 2021 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $821K | 2018 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $819K | 2019 |
Source: USAspending.gov; Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 59 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $2.2M | 2026 |
| Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $2M | 2023 |
| Tennessee Sheriffs' Association, Inc. | Lebanon | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $786K | 2025 |
| Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $650K | 2023 |
| Tennessee Voices for Victims | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $600K | 2025 |
| Tennessee Community Services Agency | Union City, Obion County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $465K | 2023 |
| County of Lawrence | Lawrenceburg | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Bradley County Government | Cleveland | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Maury County | Columbia | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $371K | 2025 |
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $350K | 2023 |
| Tennessee Department of Correction | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $337K | 2023 |
| County of Hamilton | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $325K | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
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About the federal program
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, also called “Byrne JAG Program”
Program number 16.738 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs · Formula grant (amounts set by a formula), project grant
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: read this year's.
Match
None required (federal program listing).