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BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program.

From	Bureau of Justice Assistance
Who can apply	state governments, counties, cities and townships, special districts (water, fire, parks, etc.), public colleges and universities, others (see eligibility notes)
Eligibility notes	Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this NOFO, “other units of local government” include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
How much	up to $3.5 million per award; about 140 awards
Deadline	Thu, Oct 29, 2026 (6 days left)
Category	Law, Justice and Legal Services
Type	Grant
Opportunity #	O-BJA-2026-172718
Assistance listing	16.036
Posted	Mon, Sep 21, 2026

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This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program. This opportunity will support states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to process, and/or to increase the capacity to process, more DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis and/or to prevent a backlog of forensic and database DNA samples.

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