The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications its Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Formula Grants Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/27/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This NOFO funds improvements to forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by forensic science laboratories operated by states and units of local government.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal 1: Improve quality of forensic science services.
- Objective 1: To carry out all or a substantial part of a program intended to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science or medical examiner/coroner services in the state, including those services provided by laboratories operated by the state and those operated by units of local government within the state.
- Objective 2: To address emerging forensic science issues (such as statistics, contextual bias, and uncertainty of measurement) and emerging forensic science technology (such as high throughput automation, statistical software, and new types of instrumentation).
- Objective 3: To educate and train forensic pathologists.
- Objective 4: To fund medicolegal death investigation systems to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner offices and certification of medicolegal death investigators.
- Goal 2: Improve timeliness of forensic science services
- Objective 1: To eliminate a backlog in the analysis of forensic science evidence, including, among other things, a backlog with respect to firearms examination, latent prints, impression evidence, toxicology, digital evidence, fire evidence, controlled substances, forensic pathology, questioned documents, and trace evidence
- Objective 2: To train, assist, and employ forensic laboratory personnel and medicolegal death investigators, as needed, to eliminate such a backlog.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $24,440,975
- Period of Performance Duration: 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
