National Victimization Statistical Support Program

BJS National Victimization Statistical Support Program

Runs research teams and institutions for BJS National Victimization Statistical Support in cross-sector innovation.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the principal statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, funds the National Victimization Statistical Support Program (NVSSP) to sustain and enhance methodological and field operations for the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) — the nation's primary source of data on criminal victimization. BJS was established in 1979 under the Justice Systems Improvement Act and operates within the Office of Justice Programs. The FY25 NVSSP solicitation (O-BJS-2025-172529) awards a single cooperative agreement to a grantee responsible for providing the survey methodology, questionnaire design, household sampling, interviewing operations, and data preparation infrastructure that underpin the NCVS.

Because the NCVS interviews approximately 150,000 households annually to produce national estimates of violent and property crime victimization, the NVSSP cooperative agreement represents a significant, technically demanding contract. The instrument is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, with BJS playing an active role in survey design decisions and dissemination. Eligible applicants are nonprofits, universities, and research organizations based in the United States; for-profit companies and individuals are ineligible. Award amounts are specified in the PDF solicitation; they were not disclosed in the index. The FY25 JustGrants deadline was February 17, 2026, and this cycle is now closed. The next cycle is expected in late 2026 or early 2027.

Competitiveness depends on large-scale household survey experience — particularly CATI and CAPI administration — sampling methodology expertise, and proven capacity to manage a nationwide field interviewing workforce. Prior holders of this cooperative agreement (historically the Census Bureau has administered NCVS field operations under an interagency agreement) or research firms with comparable survey infrastructure are the realistic applicant pool.