The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding for the FY 2023 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/19/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provides funding to states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to solve crimes and protect public safety by maximizing the effective utilization of DNA technology to process DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Goals
The overarching goal of BJA’s FY 2023 Competitive DNA CEBR Program is to maximize the effective utilization of DNA technology to solve crimes and protect public safety by states and units of local government with eligible crime laboratories or laboratory systems.
Objectives
The Competitive DNA CEBR Program awards funding to eligible entities with at least one of the two program objectives:
- Increase the capacity of laboratories to process CODIS eligible crime scene samples in accredited, publicly funded forensic DNA laboratories through the use of DNA technology.
- Increase laboratory efficiency for processing CODIS eligible crime scene samples analyzed in accredited, publicly funded forensic DNA laboratories through the use of DNA technology.
Funding Information
Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $1,000,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
24
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- County governments
For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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