BJA FY 2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy
This program funds state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement task forces to prevent and reduce intellectual property theft, IP-related crime, and associated investigations and prosecutions.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV · TRIBAL ENTITIES
⚑ Funds law enforcement IP enforcement task forces; not a research grant. · Eligibility is limited to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions; public universities are not listed as eligible applicants. · Award ceiling is $375,000. · Eligible local government applicants include 'other' general purpose political subdivisions such as towns, boroughs, parishes, and villages.
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 | 0 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy. This opportunity will support existing or the creation of new law enforcement agency intellectual property (IP) enforcement task forces. This program assists state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property theft and related crime as well as supporting law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting IP crimes and reducing violent crime associated with IP cases and investigations. These matters typically involve copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of IP, and trade secrets, both in the United States and abroad.
Eligibility
For this NOFO “other” is defined as other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Bureau of Justice Assistance <OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov>
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