The capillary electrophoresis instrument that separates amplified DNA into a profile.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state
DNA work only. Equipment must be approved for use with the National DNA Index System (NDIS).
Apply directly · 12 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
On FEMA’s equipment list (07BD-02-DNRN), but only fundable when it supports a terrorism-preparedness target. Requested through your state.
Through your state
Only for missing persons and unidentified remains work.
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A research grant: equipment only when the research needs it. Proposals built mainly around buying equipment aren’t eligible.
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Lab equipment only for DNA-based kit screening such as Y-screening. General lab capacity equipment isn’t allowed.
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The notice bars lab equipment and software such as genetic analyzers, extraction robotics and probabilistic genotyping software.
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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.
15 awards to 15 recipients in 12 states named it in their own description. The median award was $563K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“…training, custom protocol), hid veritipro thermal cycler (with 1 year ab rc support plus and rapid exchange), ez2 connect fx (with installation and training), seqstudio flex 24 hid (with desktop and 1 year extended warranty), and additional trueallele training for analysts in trueallele mixture data analysi…”
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · CEBR · FY2024 · $2.8M
“…maintenance contracts for tecan robots (tecan 150 and 100 units); promega (maxwell 48 extraction units); and life technologies (qpcr, thermal cyclers, and genetic analyzers).”
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO · CEBR · FY2024 · $1.3M
“…use this award to fund overtime for processing and DNA analysis on backlogged cases and to validate an automated method, thermal cyclers and strmix with a new 3500 genetic analyzer.”
ERIE, COUNTY OF · CEBR · FY2024 · $890K
“Funds will be used to purchase a seqstudio 24 flex genetic analyzer, a qiacube connect, and two ez2 connect fx extraction instruments to expand instrument capacity of the DNA casewor…”
STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION · CEBR · FY2024 · $839K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $2.8M | GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $1.3M | ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIOBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $890K | ERIE, COUNTY OFBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $839K | STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISIONBJA FY24 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $771K | EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $600K | PUBLIC SAFETY, MAINE DEPARTMENT OFBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $563K | COUNTY OF ORANGEBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $529K | CRIME LABORATORY ARKANSASBJA FY24 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $340K | COUNTY OF DUPAGEBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $278K | JEFFERSON COUNTY OFBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $244K | COUNTY OF YORKBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $171K | CITY OF MANSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $514K | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTHNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $55K | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| $600K | BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes |
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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