Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention
Active
- Assistance listing
- 16.752
- Agency
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Office of Justice Programs
Department of Justice
- Grant awards
- 134 $67,811,719 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Block Grant
- Formula Grant
- Treasury account
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- 15-0404-0-1-754
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance funds law enforcement task forces investigating intellectual property crimes, cybercrime, and economic crimes under CFDA 16.752, with the most recent grant award issued October 1, 2024.
The program has remained active and award-consistent over the past five years, disbursing 6 to 12 awards annually (2020–2024: 8, 12, 7, 6, and 10 awards respectively). Grant awards span from October 2008 through October 2024, demonstrating two decades of continuous funding. Three grant opportunities opened recently: the FY 2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program (due September 23, 2026), the FY 2025 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program (due April 3, 2025, now closed), and the FY 2025 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program (due December 10, 2025, invite-only).
The program funds two distinct activity streams. One supports law enforcement task forces conducting investigation, prosecution, and prevention of intellectual property crimes—counterfeit goods, product piracy, trademark theft, trade secret misappropriation, and organized retail crime tied to IP enforcement. Recent awards funded undercover counterfeiting operations (NYPD, $375 thousand), state-level IP task force expansion (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas), and buyer-awareness campaigns targeting counterfeit pharmaceuticals and auto parts. The second stream funds training and technical assistance (TTA) in Internet of Things (IoT) device forensics, darknet marketplace investigation, digital evidence handling, and cybercrime prosecution for state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice practitioners. Recent cooperative agreements supported IoT forensic training development (John Jay College, $440 thousand; Purdue University with NW3C, $440 thousand; Fox Valley Technical College, $440 thousand) and comprehensive cybercrime and economic crime TTA delivery (NW3C, $5.5 million; John Jay College and NCFTA, $924 thousand).
Assistance types are predominantly Project Grants (75 percent of 134 awards) with smaller shares of Cooperative Agreements (14 percent), Block Grants (7 percent), and Formula Grants (4 percent). The Bureau of Justice Assistance dominates funding, accounting for 74 awards and $34 million in federal obligations, with the broader Office of Justice Programs contributing an additional 60 awards and $33.8 million. Combined federal obligations total $67.8 million over the award history. Recent individual awards typically range from $300 thousand to $440 thousand for single-year task force funding and up to $5.5 million for multi-year national TTA contracts. Award periods generally run 12–18 months, though some TTA agreements extend through 2026.
Eligible applicants include state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies with existing IP task forces or plans to establish them, state attorneys general offices, district attorneys, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations providing training and technical assistance. The FY 2026 opportunity explicitly welcomes other local government units, state governments, county governments, city/township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized tribal governments.
Objective and description
- Objective
Program goal(s) name: Improve the capacity of the justice system to prevent economic, high-tech, white collar, and internet crime. Program goal(s) description: Provide in-person, online, virtual, on-demand trainings and other resources to law enforce
- Description
Enhance the knowledge and ability of U.S. criminal justice practitioners to effectively prevent, regulate, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate crimes involving the illegal use of the Internet, fraudulent use of electronic devices to deceive individuals and businesses, and attempts to illegally obtain data.
Eligibility
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Varies. Contingent upon program goals and objectives, generally 12-18 months.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
An applicant may find the names and addresses of State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) at the following website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SPOC-4-13-20.pdf.
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Criteria for selecting proposals is determined as part of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).
- Award procedure
All final award decisions will be made by the Assistant Attorney General, unless a statute explicitly authorizes award decisions by another official or there is written delegation of authority to another official. For successful applicants, JustGrants will send a system-generated email to the Application Submitter, Authorized Representative, and Entity Administrator with information on accessing their official award package in JustGrants. The award package will include key information (such as funding amount and period of performance) as well as award conditions that must be followed. The Authorized Representative for the entity should accept or decline the award within 45 days of the notification.
- Time to approval or disapproval
The review procedure for applications is specified in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and generally includes eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic, budget, and risk reviews.
- Renewals
In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/overview
Grant opportunities
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Grant awards
Latest 10 of 134 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nw3C, Inc. | $27,078,491 | 40% |
| 2 | City Of LOS Angeles | $2,923,028 | 4% |
| 3 | North Carolina Secretary Of State | $2,361,936 | 3% |
| 4 | Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York | $2,238,085 | 3% |
| 5 | County Of LOS Angeles | $2,140,363 | 3% |
| 6 | Fox Valley Technical College | $2,012,925 | 3% |
| 7 | County Of Cook | $1,566,929 | 2% |
| 8 | City Of Houston | $1,557,963 | 2% |
| 9 | Purdue University | $1,552,070 | 2% |
| 10 | City Of Austin | $1,463,582 | 2% |
10 of 54 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | -$649,361 |
| FY2025 | -$256,901 |
| FY2024 | $10,055,485 |
| FY2023 | $10,136,559 |
| FY2022 | $6,516,976 |
| FY2021 | $1,882,911 |
| FY2020 | $1,651,880 |
| FY2019 | $4,200,392 |
| FY2018 | $12,547,262 |
| FY2017 | $1,909,753 |
| FY2016 | $3,423,187 |
| FY2015 | $13,344,956 |
| FY2014 | $2,000,000 |
| FY2013 | $1,002,075 |
| FY2012 | $2,457,310 |
| FY2011 | $16,441,844 |
| FY2010 | $2,249,333 |
| FY2008 | $8,300,000 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 16.752?
Assistance Listing 16.752 is Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention, a federal grant program run by Office of Justice Programs (Department of Justice).
What is the CFDA number for Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention?
Its CFDA number is 16.752: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 16.752 awarded?
134 grant awards under 16.752 have obligated $67,811,719 in federal funds to 54 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 16.752?
The recipients obligated the most under Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention are Nw3C, Inc. ($27,078,491), City Of LOS Angeles ($2,923,028) and North Carolina Secretary Of State ($2,361,936).
How much did 16.752 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 16.752 obligated -$256,901 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 16.752?
No opportunity listed under 16.752 is open now. The latest, BJA FY 2026 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy, was posted on August 13, 2026.
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