Filtered light sources for finding body fluids, prints and fibers at a scene or in the lab.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 9 past awards named it
Only for DNA work, such as screening evidence for biological stains.
Apply directly · 5 past awards named it
Any project in one of JAG’s purpose areas, subject to BJA’s prohibited-expenditures list. Local awards are often small.
Directly or through your state · 8 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (20CS-02-UVLT), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
Exam-room equipment and supplies, such as an alternative light source, are capped at 10% of project costs.
Apply directly
From each program’s funding notice. Programs for other kinds of work aren’t listed, and “ruled out” only appears where the notice says so. Check the current notice before you apply: the rules can change each year.
Your city or county can get this money straight from BJA if it is on this year's JAG allocations list, so check that first. It can pay for staff, equipment, supplies, training and information systems for criminal justice work, and it doesn't go through your state.
Money to improve forensic science and medical examiner or coroner services. Local government labs apply directly to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, state labs apply through their state administering agency, and applications are scored against each other.
Your lab can get federal funding to process more DNA samples and reduce your backlog by entering samples into CODIS, the national DNA database system. You apply directly to the federal government on grants.gov, with no state agency required.
Your state's administering agency applies for formula funds that flow down to your lab through your state's own process. Contact your state forensic science improvement coordinator early, since state deadlines typically come before the federal deadline. This is different from competitive funds, which labs apply for directly to the federal government.
Your lab can get money to process more DNA samples and enter them into the national CODIS database, or to set up rapid DNA testing at booking stations. You apply directly to the federal government through grants.gov, without going through your state.
22 awards to 20 recipients in 16 states named it in their own description. The median award was $284K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“Funding is requested to procure specialized equipment, alternate light sources, high-resolution cameras, portable documentation workstations, personal protective equipment (ppe), and consumable supplies for presumptive…”
STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF · Coverdell · FY2025 · $500K
“The wake county bureau of forensic services (wcbfs) proposes the crime-lite enhancement project to improve the quality and efficiency of forensic evidence detection and examination.”
WAKE COUNTY · Coverdell · FY2025 · $203K
“the mshp laboratory proposes to achieve these goals by funding salaries for two criminalists, purchasing supplies to analyze cases, purchasing alternate light sources to replace older models, and upgrading analysis software to the newest version.”
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MISSOURI · CEBR · FY2024 · $652K
“…external quality assurance standards audit of the DNA unit; to purchase and implement additional thermal cycler units in the DNA unit, purchase additional alternate light sources, and an automated temperature monitoring system; hiring of one temporary analyst for the DNA unit to assist in processing casework to reduc…”
NORTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL · CEBR · FY2024 · $600K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $500K | STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY25 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Competitive Grants Program | |
| $203K | WAKE COUNTYBJA FY25 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Competitive Grants Program | |
| $652K | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MISSOURIBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $600K | NORTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERALBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $467K | COUNTY OF SANTA CLARABJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $296K | CITY OF SUGAR LANDBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Competitive | |
| $295K | ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF SOUTH DAKOTABJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $295K | STATE PATROL NEBRASKABJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $295K | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $284K | COUNTY OF ALLEGHENYBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $213K | COUNTY OF GREENVILLEBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $50K | CITY OF MOLINEBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $37K | SANFORD CITY HALLBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $30K | CITY OF LAKELANDBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $23K | COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $12K | CITY OF NEW LONDONBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $313K | ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF SOUTH DAKOTABJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $34K | CITY OF LAKELANDBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation | |
| $134K | WASHINGTON, COUNTY OFBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $44K | CITY OF ALLEN | Oct 2025 | |
| $56K | COUNTY OF FAIRFAX VIRGINIA | Jul 2025 | |
| $48K | PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND | Mar 2024 |
Planned uses from each award’s filed description, not a record of what was bought. Open a row to read the full description. Sources: USAspending.gov and DOJ’s own award list, last three fiscal years and this one. Award Explorer →
FEMA’s Homeland Security grants can only buy items on this list, and only for terrorism preparedness. The full list →
Ask ForensicGrants knows these programs and your agency profile if you’re signed in. It can check a specific purchase against each notice and find similar awards.
