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BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) 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, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and 2 more types
Eligibility notes	Other units of local government (towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state); Accredited, publicly funded, CODIS forensic laboratories; Medical examiner offices; Accredited, publicly funded toxicology…
How much	up to $1 million per award
Deadline	Wed, Dec 2, 2026 (40 days left)
Category	Law, Justice and Legal Services
Type	Grant
Opportunity #	O-BJA-2026-172716
Assistance listing	16.037, 16.050
Posted	Mon, Oct 19, 2026

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This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program. This opportunity supports efforts to improve reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases, including those involving migrants as authorized by Public Law 116-277. This program increases public safety by providing resources to locate and identify missing persons and unidentified human remains in the United States.

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