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

Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2025-172460

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $3.5M

Deadline

November 24, 2025

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)- Formula Grants Program. Bureau of Justice Assistance. 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... up to $3,500,000 per award.

Who Should Apply

Public universities/colleges, Special district governments, County governments, Other eligible entities, State governments (+1 more)

Who Should NOT Apply

Organizations not matching the eligible applicant types listed above

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Units of local government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishe...
•Deadline: 2025-11-24

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Competitiveness: Moderate to high — federal grants are always competitive

What This Grant Funds

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 number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis and/or to prevent a backlog of forensic and database DNA samples.

Who Can Apply

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.

Eligible Applicant Types

Public Colleges & UniversitiesSpecial District GovernmentsCounty GovernmentsOther (see NOFO for details)State GovernmentsCity/Township Governments

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $3.5M
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: September 11, 2025

Application Deadline: November 24, 2025 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

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