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O-BJA-2022-171289: BJA FY 22 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy

Closed Closed June 1, 2022 Opportunity O-BJA-2022-171289 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$375,000
• Total funding$2.4 million
• Expected awards6
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

Eligible applicants include law enforcement agencies and prosecutors. For the purpose of this solicitation, the following definitions shall apply: (A) “Law enforcement” shall include state, local, tribal, municipal, or campus law enforcement agencies, to include prosecutors in these jurisdictions. (B) “Intellectual property enforcement” means matters relating to the enforcement of criminal laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets, both in the United States and abroad, including in particular matters relating to combating counterfeit and infringing goods. (C) “State” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Successful applicants under the FY 2021 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy are not eligible to apply for this funding in FY 2022. They can reapply for funding in FY 2023.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention awards averaged $658,954; this notice allows up to $375,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (41% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. Award recipients will support law enforcement agencies that have an IP enforcement task force or plan to create one. These task forces will collaborate with relevant state, local, territorial, tribal, and federal agencies, including their local U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), to fulfill the program's goals

Category: Business and Commerce.

Applying now

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