High-powered computers built for imaging and examining drives and devices.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 1 past award 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 · 6 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (04HW-01-INHW), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
A research grant: equipment only when the research needs it. Proposals built mainly around buying equipment aren’t eligible.
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Computers and forensic equipment (purpose area 8) are capped at $500,000 over 36 months.
Apply directly · 2 past awards named it
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.
9 awards to 9 recipients in 8 states named it in their own description. The median award was $281K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“…enforcement grant award, the department of state police michigan will implement purpose areas 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 throughout michigan state by acquiring forensic computer equipment and training law enforcement, medical professionals, legal personnel, and other frontline responders to better identify victims,…”
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE MICHIGAN · OVW Cybercrime · FY2024 · $500K
“Grant funding would also be utilized to furnish the grant-funded criminalists with the necessary forensic workstation hardware and accessories, software licenses, external training course, and certifications to perform mobile device extraction casework.”
CITY OF TUCSON · Coverdell · FY2024 · $500K
“…required to recover and analyze digital forensic evidence from a variety of devices; 3) purchase additional investigative technologies such as data storage, digital forensic workstations, and software; 4) provide community outreach and education; and 5) provide direct victim assistance to address the emotional, legal, and fi…”
SARPY, COUNTY OF · OVW Cybercrime · FY2024 · $500K
“The butte county sheriffs office will purchase (3) siforce flash forensic workstations to efficiently to download, process, and review data from suspect and witness personal electronic devices (phones, tablets, computers, etc.”
CITY OF CHICO · JAG · FY2024 · $61K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $500K | DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE MICHIGANOVW Fiscal Year 2024 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program | |
| $500K | CITY OF TUCSONBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Competitive | |
| $500K | SARPY, COUNTY OFOVW Fiscal Year 2024 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program | |
| $61K | CITY OF CHICOBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $25K | HATTIESBURG CITY CLERKBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $12K | ST CHARLES COUNTYBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $45K | CITY OF LUFKIN | Nov 2025 | |
| $43K | CITY OF MANASSAS | Jul 2025 | |
| $35K | CITY OF GARDEN GROVE | Sep 2022 |
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 →
Only hardware procured as part of a system allowable under the indicated grant programs is allowable under this item.
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.
