With this solicitation, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to fund 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).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/22/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The overarching goal of BJA’s FY 2024 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. Objectives can be achieved by implementing allowable long-term efficiency or capacity enhancement activities. Allowable activities include, but are not limited to:
- Purchasing/implementing new and more efficient instruments/robotics to automate routine laboratory processing steps.
- Evaluating, validating, and implementing improved workflows for efficient laboratory processing or improved testing results (e.g., enhanced techniques to recover higher quantities of DNA).
- Purchasing and upgrading software (e.g., LIMS) to manage laboratory operations more efficiently.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: Approximately $5,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: Up to $1,000,000
Project Period
24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public– and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- State 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.
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