BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) - Formula Grants Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance
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- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
- Amount
- $3,500,000
- Closes
- Oct 29, 2026 (in 38 days)
Classification and identifiers
- Solicitation number
- O-BJA-2026-172718
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 16.036
Amount
$3,500,000
Who can apply
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.
About this opportunity
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.