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Access information below about previously awarded funding through Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs. Use the search filters to find award details for specific programs, years, awardee locations, and more.

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Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 3,210
Total Amount Awarded: $2,334,143,168

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Statewide DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY NH 2020-DN-BX-0013 $392,216 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Statewide Forensic Improvement Plan FY 2020 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula NYS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES NY 2020-CD-BX-0022 $1,049,243 Closed
2020 Strengthening of the Medical Examiner System in Virginia FY 2020 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program HEALTH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF VA 2020-DQ-BX-0036 $117,811 Closed
2020 Strengthening the Medical Examiner - Coroner System Fellowship Program in the Midwest FY 2020 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER M.D. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. MI 2020-DQ-BX-0041 $123,362 Closed
2020 Support for Regional Law Enforcement Agencies and Reduction of Backlog DNA Cases FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) GREENVILLE, COUNTY OF SC 2020-DN-BX-0105 $250,000 Closed
2020 Tennessee's Cold Case Resolution Project FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TN 2020-DN-BX-0164 $470,000 Open
2020 Tennessee's DNA Capacity Building and Backlog Reduction Project - CEBR FY 2020 FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TN 2020-DN-BX-0109 $2,060,017 Closed
2020 The City of Jackson Sexual Assualt Kit Initiative FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI MS 2020-AK-BX-0031 $1,179,593 Open
2020 The Irving Police Department's untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs) Initiative FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) CITY OF IRVING TX 2020-AK-BX-0024 $79,902 Open
2020 The Jefferson County Regional Crime Laboratory (JCRCL) DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Project FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF CO 2020-DN-BX-0033 $175,006 Closed
2020 To create a Major Crimes Unit Initiative to address violent Crimes. See attachment FY 2020 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative MYRTLE BEACH, CITY OF SC 2020-DG-BX-0014 $700,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Training More Forensic Pathologists:Seeking Additional Fellowship Funding at the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner FY 2020 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UT 2020-DQ-BX-0040 $125,000 Closed
2020 University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law & Midwest Innocence Project Wrongful Conviction Review: Identifying, Remedying, and Preventing Convictions Based Upon Flawed Forensic Science FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM MO 2020-DY-BX-0007 $307,861 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Using DNA Evidence and Forensic Genealogy to Solve Violent Crime Cold Cases in Hartford, Connecticut FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CT 2020-DN-BX-0163 $470,000 Open
2020 Utah SAKI 2020: Create a Cold Case Unit and sustain the ongoing investigations and victim services FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE UTAH UT 2020-AK-BX-0028 $1,500,000 Open
2020 Virgin Islands 2021 Paul Coverdell Medical Examiner Forensics Improvement Project. FY 2020 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS VI 2020-CD-BX-0043 $264,698 Open
2020 Virginina DFS Backlog Reduction Program FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2020-DN-BX-0003 $1,588,369 Closed
2020 Washington State Lawfully Owed DNA Project FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) ATTORNEY GENERAL, OFFICE OF THE WA 2020-AK-BX-0034 $670,000 Open
2020 Washington State Patrol Forensic DNA Initiative FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) WASHINGTON STATE PATROL WA 2020-DN-BX-0103 $1,862,128 Closed
2020 Wayne County's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Investigation and Prosecution FY 2020 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) COUNTY OF WAYNE CHARTER MI 2020-AK-BX-0011 $999,755 Open
2019 2019 Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) DENVER, CITY & COUNTY OF CO 2019-DN-BX-0126 $272,839 Closed
2019 2019 Connecticut Sexual Assault Kit Initiative BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF CT 2019-AK-BX-0014 $1,488,202 Closed
2019 2019 Continued Support for Toxicology Expansion FY 2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PA 2019-CD-BX-0068 $176,700 Closed
2019 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF CT 2019-DN-BX-0008 $865,500 Closed
2019 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction CEBR FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) SAFETY, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF NH 2019-DN-BX-0131 $401,487 Closed