BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)- Formula Grants Program

Department of Justice ▸ Bureau of Justice Assistance

Description

This grant supports state and local government crime laboratories to improve their ability to analyze more DNA samples for entry into CODIS. The goal is to reduce or prevent backlogs of forensic and database DNA samples awaiting analysis.

This funding opportunity seeks to support states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to process, and/or to increase the capacity to process, more DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The objective is to reduce the …

Source

Grant ID

O-BJA-2025-172460

Funding Source

Department of Justice ▸ Bureau of Justice Assistance

Eligibility

The following categories of applicants are invited to apply:

  • City or township governments
  • State governments
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
  • County governments
  • Special district governments
Additional Eligibility Information
Units of local government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
Awards & Funding

Award Ceiling

$3.5M

Funding Amount

Discretionary

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