Closed · O-BJA-2025-172441 · CFDA 16.036 · Discretionary

BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)- Competitive Grants Program

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

up to $1M
Award range
Closed
Status
October 22, 2025
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)- Competitive Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 3 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 $1M
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
16.036
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog… is closed (last close October 22, 2025). 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 October 22, 2025

Posted Sep 11 Closes Oct 22

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Grant

Description

This funding opportunity seeks to support states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to solve crimes and protect public safety by maximizing the effective utilization of DNA technology to process DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). This program is for Competitive funding only. See FY 2025 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) – Formula Grants Program for formula funding. Eligible agencies may apply for both Competitive and Formula CEBR Funding.

Multi-door applicant board · 5 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 5 distinct applicant types for BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +1 more). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). 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 04
Special district governments
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

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

BJA FY25 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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