The gas chromatograph setup used to measure alcohol in blood samples.
Equipment for any forensic discipline or medical examiner service. Administrative costs are capped at 10%.
Directly or through your state · 5 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 (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 · 3 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 7 recipients in 4 states named it in their own description. The median award was $372K, for the whole project, not just this item.
“…of all toxicology types per month, or 14,000 requests per year and of these requests, 2,200 (annually) are duii urine specimens and 3,200 (annually) are blood alcohol requests.”
STATE POLICE OREGON DEPARTMENT · Coverdell · FY2024 · $500K
“For decades, the most commonly prescribed analytical technique for blood alcohol analysis in forensic toxicology laboratories has been headspace gas chromatography flame ionization detection using helium as a carrier gas…”
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $372K
“Purchase headspace autosamplers to replace aging equipment no longer eligible for maintenance and support, facilitating completion of post-mortem analysis;”
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS · Coverdell · FY2023 · $292K
“The standard practice for the analysis of il residues in fire debris is to determine the profiles of volatile compounds based on passive headspace extraction with activated charcoal (astm e1412) and GC/MS method (astm e1618).”
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · NIJ Forensic R&D · FY2023 · $100K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $500K | STATE POLICE OREGON DEPARTMENTBJA FY24 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 | |
| $292K | EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSASBJA FY 23 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula | |
| $100K | MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | |
| $396K | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $79K | COUNTY OF SEDGWICK | Apr 2025 | |
| $40K | TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONLaw enforcement agency | Aug 2024 | |
| $100K | COUNTY OF SEDGWICK | Jun 2024 |
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 →
Ask ForensicGrants knows these programs and your agency profile if you’re signed in. It can check a specific purchase against each notice and find similar awards.
