Forensic Science Grant Funding Opportunities
With over 20 years of manufacturing and sales of comparison microscopes to forensic laboratories in hundreds of labs in the United States, a common topic we discuss with customers is grant funding opportunities available to help in purchasing their equipment. The following list is a starting point of funding opportunities most commonly used to purchase […]
1122 Program Helps Assist with Forensic Equipment Purchases
The 1122 Program, owned and managed by the Department of Defense, allows states and units of local government access to GSA schedule contracts to purchase equipment to support counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response activities including forensics. Products such as Leeds LCF3 comparison microscope, or Leeds LSV2 imaging system may qualify for purchases using […]
Debbie Smith Act Grant Program Helps to Reduce DNA Backlog
On December 30, 2019, President Trump signed the Debbie Smith Act to help eliminate rape kit backlog. If your forensic lab or research facility works with DNA, consider this potential funding source to assist with DNA backlog reduction. The Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program provides funding to support public crime laboratories’ work to build capacity and process DNA […]
New NIJ Funding Solicitation May be Used To Purchase Evofinder® System
U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a new NIJ funding opportunity for research in forensics (New Solicitation: Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2019). The solicitation is specifically for research in forensics, which the Evofinder® Automated Ballistic Identification system might be able to assist with answering questions and improving forensic science. Please keep in mind […]
FY2018 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Open
The National Institute of Justice recently announced the that the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program is now seeking proposals for both formula funding as well as competitive funding. To learn more, please visit the NIJ Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program page. Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Competitive Due 4/30/18 Paul […]
Summary of 2018 Federal Funding Proposed for Law Enforcement
Last week PoliceOne released a summary of federal funding proposed in 2018 for law enforcement agencies. To read the article, please click on Grants for Law Enforcement. We encourage our blog readers to review these opportunities as several of our customers have utilized similar funding opportunities to purchase equipment for their forensic laboratories. Some of these […]
FY2017 Forensic Science Grant Funding Opportunities
As we welcome in 2017, the field of forensic science turns towards the opening of FY2017 forensic science grant funding opportunities. The National Institute of Justice hosted a WebEx last week covering four grant funding opportunities available to publicly funded forensic laboratories: Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly […]
NIJ Accepting Applications for Forensic Lab Funding Opportunities
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is accepting applications for two forensic grant programs: FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program: This program provides funds to eligible States and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to process, record, screen, and analyze forensic DNA and/or DNA database […]
Identifying Grants Available to Fund Forensic Lab Equipment: 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant
For years, the forensic industry has struggled to receive adequate funding necessary to keep labs functioning at the highest levels possible. With on going budgetary constraints, crime labs struggle to meet their funding needs to help ease mounting issues: DNA backlog reduction, hiring/training additional staff, as well as purchasing new equipment or replacing outdated […]
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014 to Reduce DNA Backlog
On Monday, September 29, 2014, the president signed into law the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014, authorizing appropriations to the Department of Justice for each of Fiscal Years 2015-2019 in the amount of $151 million for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; $12.5 million for DNA training and education programs; and $30 million […]