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Beginning in FY 2006, OVC’s competitive grant applications will be processed through Grants.gov—an e-government initiative designed to provide federal customers with a unified process to finding and applying for federal grants. Read more about this important change.
Exceptions: Existing or continuing discretionary grantees will continue to use OJP's Grants Management System (GMS) to apply for continuation funding. Additionally, formula grants will continue to be processed through GMS.
 For online assistance and step-by-step instructions, consult the newly launched GMS On-line Training Tool.
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Current
Discretionary Funding Opportunities |
Application Deadline |
Postsecondary Education: Integrating Crime Victims’ Issues Into University and College Curricula (PDF 122 kb)—OVC will make one award of $300,000 to support the integration of broad crime victims' issues into university and college curricula. Applicants are limited to private, faith-based, tribal, or state consortiums of accredited universities and colleges or associations of institutions of higher education that can demonstrate (1) knowledge and understanding of victimization issues to be integrated into university or college curricula; (2) experience in augmenting university or college curricula by incorporating emerging education issues; and (3) staff resources and capability to carry out all activities required by the funded project. The lead applicant must be an accredited university or college or institution of higher education, and must partner, at a minimum, with another university or college or state association affiliated with higher education to be eligible to apply for funding. If the applicant does not demonstrate a partnership with another university or college, the applicant will be deemed ineligible to submit an application for purposes of this solicitation. Those applying are urged to begin the application process well in advance of December 18, 2008. |
December 18, 2008 |
Antiterrorism and
Emergency Assistance Program (PDF 158 kb)
See also the Antiterrorism
and Emergency Assistance Program guidelines (appearing in
the Federal
Register, Vol. 67, No. 21, under Victims of Crime). |
Open
(Case by case basis.) |
| Helping
Outreach Programs to Expand—Details the purpose
of the grant program, who can apply, and how to apply for grant
funding. |
Open
(Contingent upon fund availability) |
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OVC Publishing Guidelines
for Print and Multimedia (Second Edition, June 2007)
This OVC guide (NCJ 216617) describes the criteria grantees must follow when preparing products for publication. The guidelines, which were originally published in 2004, now include a section on producing OVC-funded videos (e.g., VHS tapes, DVDs) and an expanded copyright discussion. Other topics include requirements for writing Web-based publications, the types of OVC publications, the publication submission process, word processing and formatting guidelines, and legal and policy requirements. The guidelines are designed to help grantees work with OVC to produce a quality product that exceeds professional standards of excellence. 
Children’s
Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (June 2003)
This fact sheet (FS 000303) describes an OVC grant program that provides funds
and technical assistance to improve the capacity of existing tribal systems to
handle serious child abuse cases, particularly cases of sexual abuse.
Previous application kits can be found at
FY 2000–08 Grant Archive.
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