- Deadline
- Dec 8, 2026 · 40 days left
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Award size
- Up to $1M
- Total program funding
- Not listed
- Expected awards
- Not listed
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding type
- Grant
- Category
- Law justice and legal services
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About this opportunity
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program. This opportunity will assist states and units of local government in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.
Who can apply
- County governments
- Public and state universities
- Special district governments
- Other (see eligibility)
- State governments
- City or township governments
Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
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Details from Grants.gov, last updated Oct 28, 2026. Deadlines and requirements can change: always confirm them in the official notice and the agency's page.