The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is accepting applications for its Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults Grant.
Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/19/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
This NOFO seeks to fund applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects in five topical areas: (1) evaluation of programs that seek to prevent, intervene in, or respond to the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of older adults; (2) research on financial fraud against older adults, including knowledge building around scam prevention messaging; (3) research on formal and informal caregivers who abuse (either financially, physically, sexually, and/or emotionally) or neglect older adults, to inform intervention and prevention program development; (4) forensic research involving the development of radiographic evidence and bioinformatic approaches relevant to the physical abuse of older adults; and (5) research examining the role of emerging technologies in fraud and exploitation.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $1,600,000
- Period of Performance: Not to exceed 60 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- 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
- Small businesses
- Organizations other than small businesses
State Government Entities: 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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