OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation Initiative
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2025-172399
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000 to $5,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- State Governments
- County Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Other
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is seeking research proposals through its Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation Initiative to study approaches for preventing and addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The grant opportunity targets a wide range of applicants including nonprofits, tribal organizations, state and local governments, and higher education institutions. The primary objective is to generate empirical evidence about effective strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, with a focus on researcher-practitioner partnerships. Eligible applicants must submit proposals through Grants.gov and the Department of Justice's JustGrants System by the September 23, 2025 deadline. Evaluation criteria will be specified in the program notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), with a priority on research topics that can help OVW recipients use federal funds most effectively.
Typical awards for this program range from $300,000 to $500,000, with project durations typically spanning 2-3 years. The research projects can employ various methodological approaches, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Recipients must maintain financial records and supporting documents for three years after submitting the final expenditure report, with potential extensions if litigation or audits are pending. The research sites will likely be located at the recipient institutions, with past awards predominantly going to universities such as the University of Texas, Temple University, and the University of Illinois. Selected projects will focus on generating knowledge about interventions, service delivery models, and systemic responses to gender-based violence.
Synopsis
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R & E) Initiative is to study approaches to preventing and addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. By studying the efficacy of strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, the R & E Initiative helps communities assess their current programs and adopt proven strategies. The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW recipients use federal funds most effectively.
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