ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 70/100
BJA FY 2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy
Up to $375,000 per award, with no required match, for eligible government and law-enforcement applicants to build or strengthen intellectual-property enforcement task forces. Campus law enforcement is expressly included in the NOFO's law-enforcement definition.
Funding$2,150,000 total; 6 anticipated awards; up to $375,000 per award; 24-month project period; no cost sharing or matching required.
DeadlineGrants.gov step due September 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET; complete JustGrants application due September 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET
Last verifiedSeptember 15, 2026
Required next actionRoute to applicable state lanes only for eligible government, prosecutor, or public/campus law-enforcement entities with a genuine intellectual-property enforcement need tied to public health, counterfeit goods, product piracy, or campus safety. Submit the SF-424 in Grants.gov by September 23 at 11:59 PM ET and the full JustGrants application by September 30 at 8:59 PM ET.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, special-district and qualifying Tribal governments, other units of local government, law-enforcement agencies, and prosecutors. The NOFO expressly includes campus law-enforcement agencies within its law-enforcement definition.
Atlas Analysis
Targeted public-safety relevance with a legitimate but limited Atlas school/public-health nexus through campus law enforcement and counterfeit-goods enforcement. No required match. Dr. Miltie is not a listed direct applicant type; organization-specific execution belongs with applicable state lanes.
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance is accepting applications for the FY 2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program. The program supports new or existing state, local, Tribal, and territorial law-enforcement intellectual-property task forces that prevent, investigate, and prosecute counterfeit-goods and product-piracy crimes. The NOFO expressly frames the program around protecting public health and safety, and its definition of law enforcement includes campus law-enforcement agencies.
BJA expects to provide $2,150,000 across 6 anticipated awards, with individual awards of up to $375,000 for a 24-month project period. No cost sharing or matching is required.
Eligibility and fit
Eligible applicant types include state, county, city or township, special-district and qualifying Tribal governments, other units of local government, law-enforcement agencies, and prosecutors. Campus law enforcement is expressly included within the NOFO’s law-enforcement definition. Where appropriate, applicants must engage relevant federal agencies as part of the task force or information-sharing practice.
Deadlines
The Grants.gov SF-424 step is due September 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The complete JustGrants application is due September 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM Eastern Time.
Atlas assessment
This is a targeted public-safety opportunity with a legitimate but limited Atlas school/public-health nexus. State applicant work should focus only on eligible public or campus law-enforcement entities with a real counterfeit-goods, product-piracy, public-health, or campus-safety enforcement need. Dr. Miltie is not a listed direct applicant type.
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.bja.ojp.govAtlas last verified this record September 15, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
