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Bureau of Justice Statistics · Department of Justice

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

Closed for this year

In short: Bureau of Justice Statistics expects to make 1 award of up to $1.8 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.

Key facts

Deadline
Next round: about Aug 13 – Oct 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size
Up to $1.8M
Total available
$1.8M · about 1 award
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
Public college or university, Private college or university, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Larger business, Nonprofit without 501(c)(3)
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

Closed for this year

Last round: Aug 13 – Oct 6, 2026, as the funder posted it.

Next round: about Aug 13 – Oct 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder. The funder hasn't announced it. GrantMe estimated it from last year's dates.

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How this fits you

  • Available in Davidson County (nationwide program)
  • No match required

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About this grant

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 study recidivism patterns and criminal careers of various offenders, including persons on probation or discharged from prison. Each state has a central repository that maintains criminal history records within their jurisdiction and operates a system for disseminating those records. The FBI also maintains a repository from the federal justice system and U.S. territories. The repository also contains records from state, local, and tribal agencies that the FBI is responsible for disseminating. The content of these administrative records varies among FBI and state repositories and the recipient of funds will assist BJS with converting these data into datasets for statistical analysis. The recipient will also assist with multiple recidivism statistics and research projects. Prior CHRARP programs developed programs, codes, and crosswalks tables. The crosswalk tables hold BJS’s national recode of state- and federal-specific data fields found in the rap sheet datasets which provide consistent data coding across studies and reduce the time and effort to standardize a subsequent parsed dataset when the text fields (e.g., offense and court descriptions) in the criminal history data match the same text fields encountered in datasets from previous studies. The 2026 CHRARP will continue building upon the work of the prior CHRARP programs (CCHRRD, and the 2015 and 2020 CHRARPs) by refining state crosswalks, increasing accuracy of codes to process the criminal history records, and data analysis. Information about these prior programs is available in the full funding opportunity description. The 2026 CHRARP will thoroughly examine the content and attributes of the criminal history data, identifying and documenting differences in the composition of the arrest, prosecution, court, and...

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About the federal program

Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies, also called “Statistics”
Program number 16.734 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs · Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement)

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 7, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number O-BJS-2026-172685 · program number 16.734