Closed · O-BJA-2022-171337 · CFDA 16.036 · Discretionary

BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $500K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 22, 2022
Close date
14
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $500,000 across 14 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 $500K
award range
Closed
application status
14
expected awards
16.036
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA is closed (last close June 22, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 22, 2022

Posted May 12 Closes Jun 22

Est. Total Funding

$7,500,000

Expected Awards

14

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

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. Through this program, BJA will provide grant funding to support the prosecution of violent crime cold cases, where DNA from a suspect has been identified (suspect(s) may be known or unknown). Provided that DNA attributed to a known or unknown suspect has been identified, funding support includes investigative activities as well as crime and forensic analyses that could lead to prosecuting violent crime cold cases.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · O-BJA-2022-171337

Grants.gov marks BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). 221 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this eligibility-code string (25% of 883).

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.

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Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or 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 at 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time (ET) Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov

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BJA FY 22 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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