Software and hardware for recovering, clarifying and analyzing surveillance video.
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 · 2 past awards named it
A research grant: equipment only when the research needs it. Proposals built mainly around buying equipment aren’t eligible.
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Computers and forensic equipment (purpose area 8) are capped at $500,000 over 36 months.
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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 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.
3 awards to 3 recipients in 3 states named it in their own description.
“The crime laboratory will also purchase idemia review and amped five software licenses to increase workflow efficiencies by providing tools not otherwise available and to replace tools no longer availabl…”
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY · Coverdell · FY2024 · $356K
“These items will include video enhancement software, latent print detection kit and deployable covert pole camera.”
CITY OF CHARLESTON · JAG · FY2023 · $74K
“…machines (2) - monitors (4) - backup storage for preserving digital evidence - cellebrite premium license & ufed dongle - berla ive toolkit + training (2) - amped five & authenticate software”
COUNTY OF MADISON · JAG · FY2023 · $235K
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| $356K | COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYBJA FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- Formula | |
| $74K | CITY OF CHARLESTONBJA FY 23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation |
Money a state received and passed on to a local agency.
| Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $235K | COUNTY OF MADISON | 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 →
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