Open (posted) · Grant
BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice
Key facts
Copied from the official Grants.gov record. Last verified October 29, 2026.
- Program name
- BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program
- Issuing agency
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice)
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172718
- Funding type
- Grant
- Funding purpose
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Status
- Open (posted)
- Application deadline
- Closes October 29, 2026(today)
- Published award range
- Up to $3,500,000
- Expected number of awards
- 140
- Cost sharing or match required
- No
- Eligible applicants (official categories)
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Others (see Additional Information on Eligibility)
- Relevant to
- Neither businesses nor nonprofits are listed
- Geographic restrictions
- None stated in structured data (federal opportunities are often nationwide). Check the eligibility details and full announcement for any limits.
- Assistance Listing (CFDA)
- 16.036
- Official source
- View on Grants.gov ↗ · Agency information link ↗
- Application URL
- www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363889 ↗Apply through Grants.gov (Workspace) using the application package on the official listing, unless the full announcement names a different submission system.
- Source identifier
- Grants.gov opportunity ID 363889 · Funding opportunity number O-BJA-2026-172718
- Posted
- September 21, 2026 · Source last updated October 22, 2026
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026 (against Grants.gov)
- Data completeness
- 100% of key fields published by the source
- Record confidence
- highVerified against the official source; key fields present; no open issues.
Eligibility details (from the agency)
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.
Description (from the official listing)
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.
Agency contact
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov