A self-contained instrument that produces a DNA profile from a swab in about two hours, outside a full lab workflow.
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 · 4 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 · 3 past awards named it
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.
10 awards to 9 recipients in 7 states named it in their own description. The median award was $1M, for the whole project, not just this item.
“By transitioning to in-house database testing, distributing new collection kits, and adding rapid DNA to support more timely verifications of CODIS hits, this funding will allow the bureau to significantly reduce the time it takes from when…”
TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · CEBR · FY2024 · $2M
“…to collectand enroll lawfully owed arrestee samples into CODIS (2003), and analyze lawfully -owed arrestee samples as a part of the booking process using rapid DNA technology (2022).”
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE · SAKI · FY2024 · $1.5M
“Additionally, personal protective supplies and rapid DNA chips and consumables are requested to provide additional n-95 mask, gloves, face shields, aprons etc.”
PHOENIX, CITY OF · JAG · FY2024 · $1.2M
“…monitoring levels of inventory, receiving/stocking all supplies and consumables, cleaning glassware, maintaining instruments, and preparing/initiating rapid DNA sample processing.”
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY · CEBR · FY2024 · $821K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $2M | TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $1.5M | LOUISIANA STATE POLICEBJA FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | |
| $1.2M | PHOENIX, CITY OFBJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program- Local Solicitation | |
| $821K | MIAMI-DADE COUNTYBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $600K | ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF SOUTH DAKOTABJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $517K | TARRANT COUNTYBJA FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program | |
| $2.5M | ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEYBJA FY 23 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | |
| $1.4M | ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEYBJA FY 23 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | |
| $438K | ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDABJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation | |
| $193K | CITY OF NEW HAVENBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation |
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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