Federal grant · Bureau of Justice Assistance

BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program

Status
Open
Posted
Sep 21, 2026
Closes
Oct 29, 2026
Est. total funding
—
Award range
— – $3.5M
Expected awards
140
Opportunity number
O-BJA-2026-172718
Who can apply

Eligible applicants

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 grant

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.

Instrument
Grant
Activity
Law, justice and legal services
Assistance listings
16.036
Cost sharing
Not required
Last updated
Oct 22, 2026

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