The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for its Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence. The program ensures the availability of fair and impartial administration of justice to individuals who may have been unjustly convicted.
Objectives
Category 1
Program objectives for Category 1 are to:
- Identify potential postconviction DNA testing cases.
- Review appropriate postconviction cases to identify those in which DNA testing could prove the actual innocence of a person convicted of a violent felony offense as defined by state law.
- Locate biological evidence associated with such postconviction cases.
- Perform DNA analysis of appropriate biological evidence and report and review the DNA test results.
Category 2
Program objectives for Category 2 are to:
- Locate, record, store, and retain biological evidence in adjudicated cases in accordance with best practices.
- Modernize evidence retention practices for biological evidence in accordance with best practices.
- Modernize and digitize the storage of existing files and records in adjudicated cases.
- Implement modern, digitized file and record retention systems.
Funding Information
- Category 1: Case reviews and DNA testing: $1,000,000
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
- Category 2: Improve preservation of biological evidence and/or modernization of record storage systems: $500,000
- Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public– and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.