Autopsy tables, downdraft stations, saws and other morgue equipment.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 2 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 · 1 past award named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (09MY-01-PATH), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
Only inside its two categories: forensic pathology fellowships, or an office accreditation project (up to $100,000).
Apply directly · 1 past award named it
Only for missing persons and unidentified remains work.
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 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.
4 awards to 4 recipients in 4 states named it in their own description. The median award was $310K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“…in medicolegal death investigator (mdi) training and certification, improved access to radiographic equipment, and the development of a safe, functional autopsy suite.”
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM · ME/C Strengthening · FY2025 · $99K
“…or consumables in four (4) targeted areas to address the prevalence of the increasing number of opioid and synthetic drug cases; first, the addition of five autopsy tables for the adfs montgomery state medical examiner morgue facility to increase the efficiency of autopsy operations, second, the purchase of si…”
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF · Coverdell · FY2024 · $310K
“Purchase 1 autopsy station for new coroner’s office, $10,000 (non-opioid)”
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL · Coverdell · FY2022 · $472K
“The funding will support the virgin islands department of justice medical examiners office in acquiring essential morgue equipment for the st.”
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS · JAG · FY2026 · $50K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $99K | UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMBJA FY25 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program | |
| $310K | ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $472K | WASHINGTON STATE PATROLBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $50K | GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | Jul 2026 |
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 →
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