Cyanoacrylate fuming and vacuum metal deposition equipment for developing latent prints.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 10 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 · 7 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (20CS-01-AFIS), 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.
Apply directly · 1 past award 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.
18 awards to 16 recipients in 12 states named it in their own description. The median award was $235K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“For example, a bag of fentanyl can be sent for drug testing, latent print processing, and swabbing for DNA.”
JEFFERSON COUNTY OF · Coverdell · FY2024 · $268K
“Typical sources of alterations are post-blast effects, previous latent print processing, and weather conditions.”
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2024 · $216K
“Acquisition of an automatic cyanoacrylate fuming chamber - $7,736.”
HAMDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT · JAG · FY2024 · $38K
“The most modern and effective method for processing these items involves superglue fuming, fluorescent dye staining, and visualization under an alternate light source (als).”
CITY OF LAKELAND · JAG · FY2024 · $30K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $268K | JEFFERSON COUNTY OFBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Competitive | |
| $216K | SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $38K | HAMDEN POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA 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 | |
| $27K | CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTOBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $409K | CITY OF AUSTINBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $375K | COUNTY OF PINELLASBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $313K | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $182K | LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $288K | DEPT OF PUB SAFETYBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $255K | COUNTY OF NIAGARABJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $75K | JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity or research institution | Apr 2026 | |
| $655K | CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO | Dec 2025 | |
| $28K | CITY OF TULSA | Feb 2025 | |
| $397K | CITY OF SOUTH BEND | Jan 2025 | |
| $166K | LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENTLaw enforcement agency | Nov 2023 | |
| $150K | JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity or research institution | Oct 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 →
FEMA’s Homeland Security grants can only buy items on this list, and only for terrorism preparedness. The full list →
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