Gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer, the standard instrument for identifying drugs and many toxicology compounds.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 38 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 · 2 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (07CD-02-DPGC), 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 · 10 past awards named it
Also named in past awards under NIST MSE Forensic (1).
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.
51 awards to 36 recipients in 24 states named it in their own description. The median award was $372K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“The csu project activities include purchasing two gas chromatograph-flame ionization detectors, two gas chromatograph-mass spectrometers, and one gas chromatograph-infrared spectrometer to replace current in…”
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCIL · Coverdell · FY2025 · $499K
“Purchases of a nitrogen genator (parker n2-240) update, gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer with auto sampler towers, scientific certifications, sterimicroscopes and cameras, and upgrade operating system of zeiss…”
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF · Coverdell · FY2024 · $432K
“…funds to support overtime for the drug and toxicology units to assist in increasing the case output and decreasing the backlog and funding to purchase a new GC-MS instrument for more efficient case processing.”
STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT · Coverdell · FY2024 · $424K
“The purchase of two gas chromatograph mass spectrometers for the controlled substance unit at fort wayne and lowell laboratories.”
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA · Coverdell · FY2024 · $416K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $499K | OKLAHOMA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COUNCILBJA FY25 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Competitive Grants Program | |
| $432K | FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $424K | STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $416K | JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF INDIANABJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $314K | STATE POLICE OREGON DEPARTMENTBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $295K | MONTANA BOARD OF CRIME CONTROLBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $295K | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $218K | EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSASBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $217K | SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $216K | SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $106K | RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $1.6M | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $658K | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $519K | DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES VIRGINIABJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $452K | FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $448K | STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $438K | JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF INDIANABJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $409K | CITY OF AUSTINBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $372K | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCENIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories | |
| $313K | MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $313K | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $292K | RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $100K | MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $70K | STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OFNIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories | |
| $55K | SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNotice not identified | |
| $643K | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $618K | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $500K | COUNTY OF HAMILTON, OHIOBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $418K | STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $396K | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $373K | CITY OF LOS ANGELESBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive | |
| $278K | EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSASBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $273K | MONTANA BOARD OF CRIME CONTROLBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $270K | MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $120K | COUNTY OF HAWAII | Dec 2025 | |
| $65K | STATE OF NEW MEXICO | Jun 2025 | |
| $33K | ACADIANA CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORYCounty or municipal forensic lab | Apr 2025 | |
| $162K | COUNTY OF MAUI | Mar 2025 | |
| $40K | TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONLaw enforcement agency | Aug 2024 | |
| $265K | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCEState crime lab | Apr 2024 | |
| $40K | ACADIANA CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORYCounty or municipal forensic lab | Apr 2024 | |
| $166K | LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENTLaw enforcement agency | Nov 2023 | |
| $91K | UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | Oct 2023 | |
| $106K | CITY OF COLUMBUS | May 2023 | |
| $115K | ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIOProsecutor or court | Apr 2023 | |
| $31K | LICKING, COUNTY OF | Mar 2023 | |
| $96K | COUNTY OF SEDGWICK | Feb 2023 | |
| $71K | CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER | Jan 2023 | |
| $32K | CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY | Jan 2023 | |
| $33K | ACADIANA CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORYCounty or municipal forensic lab | Dec 2022 | |
| $64K | COUNTY OF RICHLAND | 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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