Funding Available to Support Investigation and Prosecution of Cold Case Murders Involving Civil Rights Violations
Learn about the FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program solicitation.
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Now Available: FY24 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Solicitation
Learn about the FY24 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA solicitation.
FY 2023 The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Training and Technical Assistance Program
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This opportunity will fund two providers to address the training and technical assistance needs of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) site-based grantees and to provide resources to current SAKI sites across the country working Jane and John Doe sexually motivated homicide cases.
FY 2023 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to support the prosecution of violent crime cold cases where a DNA profile from a known or unknown suspect has been identified.
FY 2023 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program helps to address the issue and impact of unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) in law enforcement agencies as well as other violent crime cold cases.
Finding a Serial Killer—and Justice—After 40 Years (Archived Content)
January 2023
Series
During this episode, Detective Johnson and Dr. Williamson describe how decades of determined police work and cutting-edge forensic science identified Joe Michael Ervin as the person who assaulted and murdered four women between 1978 and 1981.
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Finding a Serial Killer—and Justice—After 40 Years
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FY 2022 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to increase the capacity of state and local prosecution offices to address/close violent crime cold cases.
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program FY 2022 Solicitation Webinar
April 2022
Series
During this webinar, which was held on April 7, 2022, Bureau of Justice Assistance personnel provided information about the FY 2022 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program funding opportunity.
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Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
FY 2022 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies to support activities and expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of cold case murders involving civil rights violations, as authorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016.
Blog Post: BJA’s SAKI Program Solves 36-Year-Old Sexual Assault Cold Case, Bringing Long-Sought Justice to the Victim
Read the blog post to learn about the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative program.
BJA's SAKI Program Solves 36-Year-Old Sexual Assault Cold Case, Bringing Long-Sought Justice to the Victim
Read this blog post to learn about the impact of the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Program.
Funding Available for the Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Program
The deadlines associated with this opportunity are: June 22, 2021 (Grants.gov) and July 6, 2021 (JustGrants).
FY 2021 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Closing Date
This program increases the capacity of state and local prosecution offices to address violent crime cold cases.
Solicitation Available: Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program
Apply for this opportunity by May 10, 2021 in Grants.gov and May 26, 2021 in JustGrants.
Almost $192 Million in Awards Announced to Advance Forensic Science
Learn about the awards made through BJA and NIJ forensic science programs.
Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
This program assists law enforcement and prosecutors to address and prosecute violent crime cold cases and decrease the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution.
Identifying Serial Sexual Offenders Through Cold Cases
See how prioritizing the testing of backlogged sexual assault kits can help agencies gain new insights on both the cases in question and other connected incidents.
FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)
Closing Date
The goals of this solicitation are to: 1) Prosecute violent crime cold cases where a suspect has been identified and 2) Decrease the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases.
FY 2019 Prosecuting Cold Cases using DNA and Other Forensic Technologies
Closing Date
The goals of this solicitation are to: 1) Prosecute violent crime cold cases where a suspect has been identified and 2) Decrease the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases.
Solicitation Now Available: Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA opportunity.