NIJ FY 2026 Research and Development in Forensic Science

NIJ FY 2026 Research and Development in Forensic Science is sponsored by National Institute of Justice. Supports advanced materials and design innovations, open to biomimetic approaches for forensic technology with industrial design potential. This program should be reviewed carefully against your organization's mission, staffing capacity, timeline, and compliance readiness before you commit resources to a full application. Strong submissions usually translate sponsor priorities into concrete objectives, clear implementation milestones, and measurable public benefit.

For planning purposes, treat March 31, 2026 as your working submission target unless the sponsor publishes an updated notice. A competitive project plan should include a documented need statement, implementation approach, evaluation framework, risk controls, and a realistic budget narrative. Even when a grant allows broad program design, reviewers still expect credible evidence that the proposed work can be executed within the grant period and with appropriate accountability.

Current published award information indicates $100,000 - $750,000 Organizations should verify the final funding range, matching requirements, and allowability rules directly in the official opportunity materials before preparing a budget. Finance and program teams should align early so direct costs, indirect costs, staffing assumptions, procurement timelines, and reporting obligations all remain consistent throughout drafting and post-award administration.

Eligibility guidance for this opportunity is: Nonprofits, for-profits, universities, state/local governments If your organization has partnerships, subrecipients, or collaborators, define responsibilities and compliance ownership before submission. Reviewers often look for implementation credibility, so letters of commitment, prior performance evidence, and a clear governance model can materially strengthen the application narrative and reduce concerns about delivery risk.

A practical approach is to begin with a focused readiness review, then build a workback schedule from the sponsor deadline. Confirm required attachments, registration dependencies, and internal approval checkpoints early. This reduces last-minute issues and improves submission quality. For the most accurate requirements, always rely on the official notice and primary source links associated with NIJ FY 2026 Research and Development in Forensic Science.

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gov Maintenance Calendar NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program National Institute of Justice Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:O-NIJ-2023-171847 Funding Opportunity Title:NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program Opportunity Category:Continuation Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Science and Technology and other Research and Development Expected Number of Awards:2 Assistance Listings:16.

560 -- National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Aug 08, 2023 Original Closing Date for Applications:Aug 15, 2023 Current Closing Date for Applications:Aug 15, 2023 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 738,402 Eligible Applicants:Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility:Only the applicants that received an official invitation letter from NIJ are able and eligible to apply.

Please refer to that letter for the eligibility requirements.

Agency Name:National Institute of Justice 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.

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous basic or applied research and development projects.

An NIJ forensic science research and development grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project that will: Increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice; or Lead to the production of useful material(s), device(s), system(s), or method(s) that have the potential for forensic application.

The intent of this program is to direct the findings of basic scientific research; foster research and development in broader scientific fields applicable to forensic science; and support ongoing forensic science research toward the development of highly-discriminating, accurate, reliable, cost-effective, and rapid methods for the identification, analysis, and interpretation of forensic evidence for criminal justice purposes.

Projects should address the challenges and needs of the forensic science community, including but not limited to, the operational needs discussed at NIJ’s FY Forensic Science Technology Working Group (TWG) meeting, which may be found on NIJ. OJP. gov.

Additional research needs of the forensic science community can be found at the Organization of Scientific Area Committees website. Although the goals and deliverables of proposed projects are not required to result in immediate solutions to the posted challenges and needs, proposals should, at a minimum, address the foundational work that will lead to eventual solutions.

Statutory Authority: Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (sections 201 and 202); the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (sections 231-233, 235); and 28 U. S. C.

530C. Link to Additional Information:Full Announcement Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center at 800-851-3420, 301-240-6310 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only), or grants@ncjrs. gov.

The OJP Response Center operates from 10:00 a. m. to 6:00 p.

m. eastern time (ET) Monday-Friday, and 10:00 a. m.

to 8:00 p. m. ET on the solicitation close date.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the NIJ Forensic Science R&D Program Team by email at Forensic. Research@usdoj. gov.

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