OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program
Formula grants to a governor-designated state or territorial agency to provide sexual assault intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for victims and affected family/household members.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV
⚑ Only the state or territorial agency designated by the governor may apply · Formula program; funds service provision rather than research · University may participate only as a subcontractor/partner if allowed by the lead applicant, but cannot apply directly
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
The Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SAS Formula Program), per 34 U.S.C. § 12511(a)(1), assists states and territories in providing “intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, family and household members of such victims, and those collaterally affected by the victimization, except for the perpetrator of such victimization.”
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are limited to: State governments, which includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, see 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(37). Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(3)(B)(iii), only the state or territorial agency designated by the governor may apply.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Office on Violence Against Women <OVWSASP.Formula@usdoj.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
15/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a service-delivery formula grant for sexual assault intervention and victim services, not a research opportunity, evaluation study, or data infrastructure award. The topic has a public health/crisis-response connection, but IPPRA and public universities are not eligible to apply directly; only a governor-designated state or territorial agency may apply, so fit is capped very low.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 15 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a service-delivery formula grant for sexual assault intervention and victim services, not a research opportunity, evaluation study, or data infrastructure award. The topic has a public health/crisis-response connection, but IPPRA and public universities are not eligible to apply directly; only a governor-designated state or territorial agency may apply, so fit is capped very low. |
| 2026-07-06 | 0 | gpt-5.4-mini | This opportunity is a state/territorial formula grant for sexual assault services administered by a designated state agency, so a public university such as OU/IPPRA is not an eligible applicant or direct partner. While the topic touches public health and crisis response, the solicitation is primarily service delivery and legally ineligible for IPPRA. |