O-BJS-2025-172528: BJS FY25 National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, Reference Years (RY) 2025–2029
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Statistics notices from 2026.
Bureau of Justice Statistics offered grants of up to $4.6 million to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make one award worth $4.6 million in total. Applications closed on February 24, 2026.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 15, 2026. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$4.6 million
- Total funding$4.6 million
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | January 15, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | February 24, 2026 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.
All 11 applicant types the notice lists
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies awards averaged $1.0 million; this notice allows up to $4.6 million per award.
- Most of the program's money (68% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks an agent to conduct data collection and related activities for the National Prisoner Statistics program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). This solicitation will fund the first three years of a five-year award for collection of the NCRP and NPS data; the final two years will be funded upon successful completion of collection, processing, and delivery to BJS of the NPS and NCRP datasets for response years 2025, 2026, and 2027. The awardee will also engage in the fielding of one supplemental NPS special addendum, to collect data on a special topic, for example, on testing and treatment for opioid use disorder in state and federal prisons. The NPS and NCRP are BJS’s flagship data collections measuring the size and composition of state and federal prison populations on an annual basis. The two collections complement each other by obtaining aggregate and detailed individual-level information on prisoners, which is used to describe and compare the prison population over time. The NPS collects aggregate counts of the male and female custody and jurisdictional prison populations as of December 31 each year. State departments of corrections (DOCs) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) use administrative records to tally their prison populations by jurisdiction, types of prison admissions and releases during the past year, race/Hispanic origin, and capacity of the facilities that hold prisoners in their custody. The NPS also provides annual information on the number of confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS and current testing policies for these conditions. The NPS has been collected annually since 1926, and data are used in BJS’s Prisoners series and Corrections Populations in the United States series bulletins.
Who has won Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies (16.734) awarded $37.2 million across 36 grant awards, an average of $1.0 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Triangle Institute | North Carolina | 16 | $19.6 million |
| Abt Global LLC | Maryland | 4 | $8.8 million |
| National Opinion Research Center | Illinois | 4 | $5.8 million |
| Abt Global LLC | Massachusetts | 2 | $3.4 million |
| Justice Information Resource Network Inc. | District of Columbia | 2 | $2.4 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is O-BJS-2025-172528 still open?
No. It closed on February 24, 2026.
Who can apply for BJS FY25 National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, Reference Years (RY) 2025–2029?
Bureau of Justice Statistics accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.
What is the deadline for BJS FY25 National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, Reference Years (RY) 2025–2029?
Closed February 24, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
How much funding is available?
Awards of up to $4.6 million each. About $4.6 million in total for one award.
Who has won Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Research Triangle Institute, Abt Global LLC, National Opinion Research Center. The program made 36 awards worth $37.2 million in that time.