Closed · NIJ-2018-13743 · CFDA 16.560 · Discretionary

NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Justice, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $25M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 6, 2018
Close date
18
Expected awards

The verdict

NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Justice that offered Up to $25,000,000 across 18 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 576 other opportunities from National Institute of Justice.

up to $25M
award range
Closed
application status
18
expected awards
16.560
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-C… is closed (last close April 6, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 16.560 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Institute of Justice still indexes 576 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 6, 2018

Posted Feb 16 Closes Apr 6

Expected Awards

18

Instrument

Grant

Description

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to strengthen the medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) system in the United States. Through this program, NIJ will support grants in two focus areas by:(1) Supporting forensic pathology fellowships; and(2) Providing resources necessary for medical examiner and coroner offices to achieve accreditation.Statutory Authority: Any awards under this solicitation would be made under statutory authority provided by a full-year appropriations act for FY 2018. As of the writing of this solicitation, the Department of Justice is operating under a short-term "Continuing Resolution"; no full-year appropriation for the Department has been enacted for FY 2018.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-C… includes a for-profit door among 11 printed types (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +7 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 53 other National Institute of Justice listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 577).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 21
Individuals
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for NIJ awards can be found at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/welcome.aspx. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/faqs.aspx. grants@ncjrs.gov

What to do next

NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-C… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.560 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • National Institute of Justice Research Grants indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Institute of Justice lists 576 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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