BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program
USDOJ-OJP-BJA Posted O-BJA-2026-172718
Close Date:
October 29, 2026
Deadline passed
Description
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program. This opportunity will 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), thereby helping 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.
Eligibility
Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this NOFO, “other units of local government” include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
Actions
Funding Details
- Award Floor
- Not specified
- Award Ceiling
- $3,500,000.00
- Total Estimated Funding
- Not specified
- Expected Awards
- 140
Key Dates
- Posted
- September 21, 2026
- Closes
- October 29, 2026
- Archive Date
- N/A
Agency Information
- Agency Name
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Agency Code
- USDOJ-OJP-BJA
- Funding Instrument
- Other