Grant Funding for Crime Laboratories and Researchers

Congress has appropriated funding to meet the goals of the DNA Initiative. The funds are made available periodically through solicitations from the Initiative's Partners and announced on this page.

Select a program to the left under Grant Funding to learn more about programs to reduce the convicted offender and forensic evidence backlogs, solve cold cases using DNA, develop and implement training and perform research and development. 

There currently are no open solicitations under the Initiative. 

Lists of Awards

• Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Funding, through 2008
  Note: In 2007, NIJ combined the Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement and Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction programs into the Forensic DNA Backlog Redcuction Program.
• Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Review), through 2008
• Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program, 2008
  
• Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program, through 2008
• Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program, 2008
• Solving Cold Cases with DNA Evidence, through 2008
• DNA Research and Development, 2008
  On NIJ Web site: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 
• DNA to Identify Missing Persons, through 2008