Open (posted) · Grant
BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) 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 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
- Issuing agency
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice)
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172716
- Funding type
- Grant
- Funding purpose
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Status
- Open (posted)
- Application deadline
- Closes December 2, 2026
- Published award range
- Up to $1,000,000
- 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
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see Additional Information on Eligibility)
- Relevant to
- NonprofitsHow we determined this: Grants.gov eligibility includes nonprofit organizations.
- 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)
- 16.037, 16.050
- Official source
- View on Grants.gov ↗ · Agency information link ↗
- Application URL
- www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/364122 ↗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 364122 · Funding opportunity number O-BJA-2026-172716
- Posted
- October 19, 2026 · Source last updated October 19, 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 (towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state); Accredited, publicly funded, CODIS forensic laboratories; Medical examiner offices; Accredited, publicly funded toxicology laboratories; Accredited, publicly funded crime laboratories
Description (from the official listing)
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program. This opportunity supports efforts to improve reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases, including those involving migrants as authorized by Public Law 116-277. This program increases public safety by providing resources to locate and identify missing persons and unidentified human remains in the United States.
Agency contact
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov
OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov