The National Victimization Statistical Support Program seeks to provide scientific and technical support for statistical and methodological research, statistical analysis, documentation, and dissemination related to BJS work on crime and victimization.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/10/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The primary focus of the National Victimization Statistical Support Program (NVSSP) is to provide scientific and technical support for statistical and methodological research, statistical analyses, documentation, and dissemination related to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’s work on crime and victimization. Specifically, the NVSSP supports general methodological research related to improving the utility and cost effectiveness of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Goals
The NVSSP is complementary to and directly supportive of larger NCVS survey efforts and to the regular, annual core functions related to statistical analyses, report writing, and documentation. The recipient of funds will be responsible for working closely with BJS to clarify the project objectives and research questions; propose new projects for consideration that align with BJS priorities; identify the necessary data and appropriate methods; provide input on the relative strengths and weaknesses of different analytical approaches (as appropriate); conduct analyses and prepare relevant documents; and clearly communicate the planning, work, and results. The goal of this program is to support general methodological research related to improving the utility and cost effectiveness of the NCVS.
Objectives
The NVSSP will assist BJS in its efforts to increase the utility and value of the NCVS, both internally and externally, and contribute to BJS developing a more active statistical research program in criminal victimization. Through the NVSSP, BJS intends to achieve the following objectives:
- Enhance the capabilities of the NCVS to address key current and emerging substantive issues in criminal victimization and to better understand the limitations of the current design for addressing these issues.
- Enhance BJS’s capacity to use the NCVS and other statistical collections to report and disseminate information on key policy issues in criminal victimization.
- Enhance the use of the NCVS by the broader research and stakeholder communities as well as the general public.
The primary tasks related to achieving these objectives include the following:
- Provide comprehensive and timely overall project management.
- Complete BJS priority-based statistical support projects within the scope of the NOFO, including but not limited to:
- Data collection and analysis.
- Program assessment/analysis.
- Rapid response studies.
- General statistical research, training, and technical assistance.
- Continue development and testing of instruments to measure cybercrime victimization.
- Assist BJS and the Census Bureau as needed with efforts related to the annual production of NCVS data including weighting, sampling, and the implementation of the new survey instrument.
- Conduct research on relevant considerations for transitioning the NCVS to a new data collection platform within the Census Bureau and potential future addition of a self administered mode.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $2,000,000.
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $2,000,000.
Project Period
24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Educational Organizations
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (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
- For-Profit Organizations
- Organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Small Businesses: Small business grants may be awarded to companies meeting the size standards established by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for most industries in the economy.
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