The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to support law enforcement agencies that have an intellectual property (IP) enforcement task force or plan to create one.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Intellectual Property Enforcement Program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property theft and related crime as well as supporting law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting IP crimes and reducing violent crime associated with IP cases and investigations.
Program Goals and Objectives
- Goal 1: Improve the coordination of IP enforcement efforts among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities.
- Objective 1: Establish and/or enhance state, local, tribal, or territorial IP enforcement task forces, including campus law enforcement.
- Goal 2: Share information about the targeting, investigating, analyzing, and prosecuting IP crimes between established task forces and federal agencies.
- Objective 1: Review how these crimes are being committed on the state and local levels.
- Objective 2: Document the cases created and prosecuted based on information shared.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $2,400,000
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $400,000.
Grant Period
24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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