A portable Raman or similar device that identifies suspected drugs in the field without opening the package.
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 · 3 past awards named it
On FEMA’s equipment list (07CD-01-DPRS, 07CD-02-DLSP), 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 · 4 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.
8 awards to 8 recipients in 6 states named it in their own description. The median award was $301K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“Raman spectroscopy emerges as a promising tool to achieve this unmet need.”
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2024 · $557K
“…research is to develop a nanoparticle (np)-decorated microneedle array for orthogonal high-throughput analysis of toxicology samples using surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (sers) and substrate-supported electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ssesi-MS) multimodal techniques.”
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $894K
“Compared to raman spectroscopy, the mechanism of this ec sensor relies on a simple conductivity measurement, providing a cost-effective and portable solution…”
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $308K
“Statement of the problem: the goal of this proposal is to develop methods for the determination of fentanyl analogs in drug mixtures by portable raman.”
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $191K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $557K | RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $894K | TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $308K | OAKLAND UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $191K | FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $74K | CITY OF MIAMI BEACHBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation | |
| $294K | EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWAREBJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $1.7M | SAN BERNARDINO, COUNTY OF | Nov 2025 | |
| $506K | CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS | Jan 2023 |
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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