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 […]
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 […]
FY 2014 DNA Backlog Reduction Funding Available to Purchase LSV
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ.gov) recently announced they are seeking applications from individual states and local governments interested in receiving funding for FY 2014 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program. This NIJ program funds States and units of local government with existing crime labs that conduct DNA analysis to process, record, screen and […]