Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program (16.742)
Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program (Assistance Listing 16.742) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $137 million in 349 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $393,477 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $296,150. Half of the 349 awards fell between $264,698 and $415,783, and they ranged from $8,598 to $2.5 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$137 million
- Grant awards349
- Typical award$296,150
- Awarded in FY 2025-$1.5 million
- Size rank711 of 1824
- Type of assistanceFormula grants, project grants
Key findings
- It is the 711th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 53% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 54 states and territories.
What the program funds
Program goal(s) name: Improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services. Program goal(s) description: Demonstrate improvement over current operations in forensic science or medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories. Reduction in forensic analysis backlogs is considered an improvement in timeliness of services. Program objective(s) name: Educate forensic pathologists and eliminate backlogs. Program objective(s) description: Educate and train forensic pathologists; eliminate a backlog in the analysis of forensic science evidence, including backlog with respect to firearms examination, latent prints, impression evidence, toxicology, digital evidence, fire evidence, controlled substances, forensic pathology, questioned documents, and trace evidence; train, assist, and employ forensic laboratory personnel and medicolegal death investigators, as needed, to eliminate such a backlog; and fund medicolegal death investigation systems to facilitate accreditation of medical examiner and coroner offices and certification of medicolegal death investigators.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
In amounts consistent with the applicant's proposed project and BJA's plans, priorities and levels of financing.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program (16.742) awarded$137 million across 349 grant awards, an average of $393,477 per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 99% of the money.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 346 | $137 million | 99% |
| Other | 3 | $749,460 | 0.5% |
By state
53 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 12 | $11.1 million |
| Texas | 10 | $10.2 million |
| Florida | 13 | $9.5 million |
| New York | 8 | $6.1 million |
| Ohio | 13 | $5.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | $4.7 million |
| Illinois | 6 | $3.8 million |
| North Carolina | 9 | $3.8 million |
| Arizona | 9 | $3.4 million |
| Georgia | 5 | $3.2 million |
| Michigan | 7 | $3.2 million |
| New Jersey | 7 | $3.0 million |
| Colorado | 10 | $2.7 million |
| Massachusetts | 8 | $2.7 million |
| Nevada | 10 | $2.6 million |
| Washington | 7 | $2.6 million |
| Kansas | 8 | $2.5 million |
| Tennessee | 7 | $2.4 million |
| Maryland | 7 | $2.3 million |
| Virginia | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Oregon | 7 | $2.1 million |
| Indiana | 5 | $2.0 million |
| Wisconsin | 6 | $1.9 million |
| Missouri | 6 | $1.9 million |
| Louisiana | 7 | $1.7 million |
| South Carolina | 6 | $1.7 million |
| Arkansas | 6 | $1.7 million |
| Nebraska | 6 | $1.7 million |
| District of Columbia | 6 | $1.6 million |
| New Hampshire | 7 | $1.6 million |
| Alabama | 6 | $1.6 million |
| North Dakota | 5 | $1.5 million |
| South Dakota | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Delaware | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Kentucky | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Alaska | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Guam | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Connecticut | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Iowa | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Montana | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Idaho | 5 | $1.4 million |
| West Virginia | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Oklahoma | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Maine | 5 | $1.4 million |
| New Mexico | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Hawaii | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Minnesota | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Mississippi | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Wyoming | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Utah | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Vermont | 5 | $1.0 million |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | $561,664 |