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

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-bjs-2026-172685-bjs-fy-2026-criminal-history-record-assessment-and/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363574

> Bureau of Justice Statistics offered grants of up to $1.8 million to nonprofits, colleges and universities and businesses. It expected to make one award worth $1.8 million in total. Applications closed on October 6, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-BJS-2026-172685 |
| Agency | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 6, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | $1.8 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $1.8 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.734 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- 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

## What the grant funds

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 supervision information within and across jurisdictions.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-BJS-2026-172685 still open?

No. It closed on October 6, 2026.

### Who can apply for BJS FY 2026 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP)?

Bureau of Justice Statistics accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities and businesses.

### What is the deadline for BJS FY 2026 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP)?

Closed October 6, 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 $1.8 million each. About $1.8 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.