Collection kits and instruments for testing hands and clothing for gunshot residue.
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 · 2 past awards named it
A research grant: equipment only when the research needs it. Proposals built mainly around buying equipment aren’t eligible.
Apply directly · 2 past awards named it
Also named in past awards under ME/C Strengthening (1) and CGIC (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.
8 awards to 8 recipients in 8 states named it in their own description. The median award was $294K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“Gunshot residue (gsr) is a type of trace evidence that comprises particles left on hands, clothing, or surfaces following firearm discharge.”
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2024 · $557K
“…camera will allow wheeling pd to conduct detailed examinations and capture high-quality images of critical evidence, including body fluids, fingerprints, gunshot residue, and trace materials.”
CITY OF WHEELING · JAG · FY2024 · $51K
“…involves conducting a comprehensive, multiphasic study on the accuracy, efficacy, and reproducibility of muzzle-to-target distance (mtd) determinations using gunshot residue (gsr) by practicing forensic examiners.”
NOBLIS, INC. · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $872K
“…access to a wide variety of board-certified consultants, including odontologists, an anthropologist, and radiologists; in-house toxicology, tool mark, and gunshot residue laboratories; and paid travel to a national forensic conference and to training in forensic anthropology.”
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES · ME/C Strengthening · FY2023 · $150K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $557K | RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $51K | CITY OF WHEELINGBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $872K | NOBLIS, INC.NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $150K | COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESBJA FY 23 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program | |
| $675K | CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPIBJA FY 22 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative | |
| $294K | CRIME LABORATORY ARKANSASBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $263K | STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $21K | CRAVEN COUNTY GOVERNMENT | Nov 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 →
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