Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172793
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2026-12-01 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 5,000,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: State governments; County governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); City or township governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Special district governments
Federal synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program. This opportunity will support state and local prosecutors and other justice professionals to prevent, investigate, and prosecute criminal offenses pertaining to voter roll integrity and voter fraud, including illegal voting and registration crimes. This includes votes by aliens, felons, the deceased, those younger than 18, those who vote more than once, those who vote in the name of another, and other illegal voting and registration crimes.
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.