Closed · NIJ-2018-13800 · CFDA 16.741 · Discretionary
NIJ FY18 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency Improvement and Capacity Enhancement Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Justice, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $12M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 7, 2018
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
NIJ FY18 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency Improvement and Capacity Enhancement Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Justice that offered Up to $12,000,000 across 15 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 $12M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 16.741
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
NIJ FY18 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency I… is closed (last close May 7, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 16.741 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 May 7, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$12,000,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The goal of NIJ’s 2017 Project Based DNA Capacity Enhancement, Unit Efficiency, and Backlog Reduction program is to support and enable long term solutions for more efficient processing, recording, screening, and analysis of forensic DNA and/or DNA database samples and to increase the capacity of public forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples, thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis. Under this COMPETITIVE program, in general, eligible applicants are given the opportunity, based on their individual needs, to propose a project based solution to enhance the capacity of their DNA laboratory, improve its efficiency, or address a particular subset of backlogged cases for analysis.
Multi-door applicant board · 4 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 4 distinct applicant types for NIJ FY18 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency I… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Only 5 other National Institute of Justice listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 577).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners
U.S. Department of Justice
Agency Contact
For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, 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 operates from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. until 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
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What to do next
NIJ FY18 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency I… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 16.741 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Sta… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Institute of Justice lists 576 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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