The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding 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.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/22/2022
Grant Size: $500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The goal of this program is to assist states and units of local government with postconviction DNA testing in cases of violent felony offenses where actual innocence might be demonstrated.
Program objectives with respect to the target number of cases to be reviewed and other concrete objectives must be outlined in the proposal. Funded projects are expected to implement some aspect of each of the following activities, except for case identification, which is not mandatory:
- Identify potential postconviction DNA testing cases. A maximum of 15 percent of the proposed budget may be dedicated to case identification activities.
- 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 DNA test results.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,600,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) 36
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- State governments
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For 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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