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O-BJA-2022-171341: BJA FY 22 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive

Closed Closed June 22, 2022 Opportunity O-BJA-2022-171341 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: BJA FY26 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement - Formula Grants Program (O-BJA-2026-172759). Status: Closes November 10, 2026 (3 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Total funding$4.4 million
• Expected awards15
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

For purposes of this solicitation, "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program awards averaged $393,477; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (99% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing states and units of local government with tools needed to meet the challenges of crime and justice. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks proposals for competitive funding under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Coverdell Program), which awards grants to states and units of local government to help improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services. Under the Coverdell Program, state administering agencies (SAAs) may apply for both formula and competitive funds. Units of local government may apply for competitive funds. This solicitation is ONLY for the competitive funds. An applicant that seeks to apply for Coverdell formula funds (consistent with 34 U.S.C. § 10563(a)(1)) available for grants to eligible states would need to apply under BJA’s FY 2022 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Formula) solicitation.

Category: Humanities.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-BJA-2026-172759, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.