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FY 2009 Summary of BJA Solicitations

General BJA Competitive Grant Solicitation Frequently Asked Questions

Current Opportunities:

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2009 Local Solicitation
Applications are due July 9, 2009

Local-to-Local Information Exchange for Rural Law Enforcement Program FY 2009 Competitive Grant Announcement
Applications are due June 30, 2009

President-Elect Security Assistance Reimbursement Grant Program FY 2009 Grant Announcement and FAQs
Applications are due July 2, 2009

Presidential Inauguration Security Assistance Reimbursement Grant Program FY 2009 Grant Announcement and FAQs
Applications are due July 2, 2009

Project Safe Neighborhoods FY 2009 Grant Announcement
Applications are due July 13, 2009

Smart Policing: Evidence-Based Law Enforcement Initiative FY 2009 Competitive Grant Announcement
Applications are due June 30, 2009

For other OJP funding opportunities, visit www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/solicitations.htm.

Note: Applicants for competitive grant awards must apply via OJP's Grants Management System (GMS).

Note: OJP's Grants Management System (GMS) does not support Microsoft Vista or Microsoft 2007. Therefore, OJP will not review any application whose attachments are in Microsoft Vista or Microsoft 2007 format. GMS downloads applications from Grants.gov and is the system in which OJP reviews applications and manages awarded grants. Applications submitted via GMS must be in the following formats: Microsoft Word (*.doc), WordPerfect (*.wpd), PDF files (*.pdf), or Text Documents (*.txt) and may include Excel files (*.xls). GMS is not yet compatible with Vista and cannot yet process Microsoft Word 2007 documents saved in the new default format with the extensions of ".docx." Please ensure the documents you are submitting in Grants.gov are saved using "Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)" format. In addition, GMS does not accept executable file types as application attachments. These disallowed file types include, but are not limited to, the following extensions: ".com," ".bat," ".exe," ".vbs," ".cfg," ".dat," ".db," ".dbf," ".dll," ".ini," ".log," ".ora," ".sys," and ".zip."

Important Notice Regarding Grants.gov
Notifications regarding known technical problems with Grants.gov are posted on the OJP funding web page: www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm.

Are you interested in becoming a peer reviewer for BJA?
A peer reviewer is usually assigned 10-20 applications to review and score within a 2-week period. Reviewers are also required to participate in an Orientation Call before beginning their review in order to understand their role and responsibilities and the background and purpose of the grant program for which the potential grantees have applied. The Orientation Call also provides the peer reviewers an opportunity to ask any questions they may have regarding the peer review process.

After reviewing the applications, a peer reviewer will participate on a consensus call together with two other reviewers to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each application. For their effort, peer reviewers are paid $125 per each application that is reviewed.

If you are interested in becoming a peer reviewer for BJA, please submit an up-to-date resume or curriculum vitae, including a valid e-mail address, to: Byrne.Discretionary@usdoj.gov. Please put “Peer Reviewer Candidate Resume” in the subject line. You will be contacted by our peer review contractor when you have been entered into the database.