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BJA FY 18 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings
  • 16.746 -- Capital Case Litigation Initiative

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

This solicitation presents competitive awards to create multidisciplinary teams to assess and address areas of risk for wrongful conviction and to review and assess post conviction claims of innocence. Applicants will lead collaborative teams of prosecutors, conviction integrity units and innocence programs to complete the work. The solicitation will also seek a training and technical assistance provider to provide support to selected projects through training and hands on technical assistance.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Business

  • Small businesses
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Government

  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • County governments
  • State governments

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline in order to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How to Apply section. For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. support@grants.gov

Email

Technical Application Assistance

support@grants.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://www.bja.gov/URLPWC18

Closed: June 28, 2018

Application process

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Award

$2,000,000

Program Funding

7

Expected awards

$250,000

Award Minimum

$500,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

BJA-2018-14401

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Education

Humanities

Information and statistics

Science technology and other research and development

Employment labor and training

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

May 8, 2018

Archive date:

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