NIJ FY 2026 Invited to Apply - Operation of the Secretariat of SC 37 under JTC 1 of ISO/IEC
National Institute of Justice · National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants (16.560)
Posted 30 Sept 2026 · 7 days left
In plain terms
The National Institute of Justice invites ANSI to operate the secretariat for ISO/IEC biometric standards development, supporting law enforcement agencies with standards for facial recognition and other biometric technologies. The grant is up to 60,000 US dollars, with applications due by 7 October 2026.
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Summary
This opportunity provides ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 (Biometrics) and its Working Groups the reliable and competent U.S. leadership, management, and administration required to effectively complete its standards development and maintenance in accordance with the requirements specified in the ISO/IEC Directives, including the operation of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 meetings. One of NIJ’s legislated duties to promulgate standards and conformity assessment activities that benefit law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. This includes development of minimum performance requirements and testing of biometric technologies such as facial-recognition software. To further that end, NIJ supports operation of the Secretariat of Subcommittee 37 (SC 37) under the Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The scope of SC 37 is the standardization of generic biometric technologies pertaining to human beings to support interoperability and data interchange among applications and systems.
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Applicant types: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Only the applicant that received an official invitation letter from NIJ is able and eligible to apply. Please refer to that letter for eligibility requirements. The application will only be accepted from: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)