Closed · O-BJA-2021-28001 · CFDA 16.741 · Discretionary
BJA FY 21 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $4.3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 29, 2021
- Close date
- 135
- Expected awards
The verdict
BJA FY 21 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $4,250,000 across 135 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.
- up to $4.3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 135
- expected awards
- 16.741
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
BJA FY 21 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlo… is closed (last close June 29, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 16.741 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Justice Assistance still indexes 882 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 June 29, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$89,609,209
Expected Awards
135
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. BJA's FY 2021 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program provides funding to states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories to increase the capacity of publicly funded 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 and/or prevent a backlog of forensic and database DNA samples.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 5 doors
BJA FY 21 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlo… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (5 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +1 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Affordable Care Act (ACA). Only 2 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 883).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
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Agency Contact
For technical assistance with submitting the SF424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time, Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov
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What to do next
BJA FY 21 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlo… 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
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