ClosedOpportunity O-BJA-2022-171337

BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice

At a glance

BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice). The application deadline was June 22, 2022. Individual awards are listed as up to $500K, with about 14 awards expected and $7.5M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.036 (Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

May 12, 2022Posted
Jun 22, 2022Application deadline

Posted: May 12, 2022
Close date: Jun 22, 2022
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $500,000
Est. total funding: $7,500,000
Expected awards: 14
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

See Eligibility section To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process, to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

For-profit organizations (not small businesses)

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Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

Through this program, BJA will provide grant funding to support the prosecution of violent crime cold cases, where DNA from a suspect has been identified (suspect(s) may be known or unknown). Provided that DNA attributed to a known or unknown suspect has been identified, funding support includes investigative activities as well as crime and forensic analyses that could lead to prosecuting violent crime cold cases.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

16.036Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant ProgramProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 16.036

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$105M

FY25

$254K

FY26

— est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.036. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.036

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 174 grant awards had funding actions under Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program, with 8 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$3.24M
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT$3.14M
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION$2.81M
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CALIFORNIA$2.67M
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPT OF JUSTICE$2.46M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
grants@ncjrs.gov
202-514-9354

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $500k, total estimated program funding is $7,500,000 and the agency expects to make about 14 awards.

How do I apply for “BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-BJA-2022-171337), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 16.036