Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, FY2027

February 12, 2026

$2,000,000

Applications may be submitted by state agencies and units of local government that operate an accredited crime laboratory or medical examiner/coroner’s office in Texas. A unit of local government is defined as a non-statewide governmental body with the authority to establish a budget and impose taxes. All applications submitted by accredited crime laboratories must be submitted by a unit of government affiliated with the laboratory, including an authorizing resolution from that unit of government. For example, a city crime laboratory must apply under their municipal government, and community supervision and corrections departments, district attorneys, and judicial districts must apply through their affiliated county government (or one of the counties, in the case of agencies that serve more than one county).