Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals

credit: Team In Focus


from qualified applicants to establish and operate a Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) to support NIJ’s research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) process and technology transition activities in all areas of forensic science.

The FTCOE should focus on specific efforts to include, but not be limited to:
Providing scientific and technical support to NIJ’s forensic science research, development, and technology transition efforts.

Facilitating demonstration, testing, evaluation, transfer, and adoption of appropriate technology into practice by crime laboratories, medical examiner/coroner offices, law enforcement, and other criminal justice agencies and forensic science service providers.

Providing technology transition assistance, knowledge transfer, and support to forensic science researchers and practitioners.

Developing and providing access to resources for research dissemination, education, and evidence-based best practices in the forensic science and criminal justice communities.

Working closely with NIJ program managers to assess and communicate the impact of forensic science RDT&E, evidence-based best practices, and systems-based approaches for the criminal justice system.

Develop national forensic science library services to identify, curate, and make available scholarly literature relevant to the forensic science research and practitioner community.
Agency: Department of Justice

Office: National Institute of Justice

Estimated Funding: $4,500,000


Who's Eligible


Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Full Announcement

Additional Information of Eligibility:
For purposes of this solicitation, the term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges and universities are not eligible to apply.

To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.

For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO.

All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2021-97001

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
Technical POC

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2021-04-26

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2021-06-24


Here are the star companies that have succeeded in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The companies were gathered by Civic 50, a national initiative to survey and rank S&P 500 corporations on how they engage with the communities they serve and utilize best practices in their corporate cultures.




Human Services Jobs in Washington

  Social Services Jobs
  Executive Director Jobs
  Foundation Related Jobs
  Education Jobs
  Social Work Jobs





More Federal Domestic Assistance Programs


Prevention and Public Health Fund (Affordable Care Act): Enhanced Surveillance for New Vaccine Preve | Guardianship Assistance | Social Innovation Fund | Mobilization For Health: National Prevention Partnership Awards | John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program |  Site Style by YAML | Grants.gov | Grants | Grants News | Sitemap | Privacy Policy


Edited by: Michael Saunders

© 2004-2024 Copyright Michael Saunders