Empower Your Mission With Grant Support
Grant funding provides the criminal justice system with vital resources to drive forensic advancements. Bode Technology is here to guide you through the complexities of grant applications, offering expert consultations to guide you through the process of securing funding for DNA analysis, backlog reduction, forensic genealogy, and more.
Navigating the Path to Forensic Funding
Turning Opportunity Into Action
Grants are more than just funding, they’re a critical tool for solving crimes, supporting victims, and advancing justice. However the process to secure these resources can be daunting, time-consuming, and complex.
Whether your agency is addressing a backlog, pursuing cold case resolution, or seeking advanced forensic technologies, nationally recognized grants can help fund the mission.
Bode Technology offers expert consultation to guide you through the application process. We provide insight into relevant funding opportunities and help agencies align their goals with grant requirements—drawing on decades of experience in forensic science, grant management, and public safety support.
On this page you’ll find:
A breakdown of key forensic grant programs
Guidence for aligning your needs with eligibility criteria
Real-world examples of grant-funded success
Resources to help you act with clarity and confidence
Explore the tools, insights, and services that can help transform your funding opportunity into real world impact.
Available Grant Opportunities
Explore key funding programs that support forensic science, DNA testing, and cold case work. Each grant below offers unique opportunities to advance justice through enhanced forensic services. Click through to official resources for full eligibility and application details
DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
FY2025 Grants.Gov deadline October 22, 2025 | FY2025 JustGrants deadline October 29, 2025
The CEBR program provides funding to publicly funded, accredited state and local government laboratories to increase capacity for processing DNA samples and uploading eligible profiles to CODIS. This grant helps reduce violent crime by supporting timely forensic analysis that aids law enforcement and prosecutors in achieving justice.
Public-private lab partnerships play a vital role in meeting CEBR goals. As such, Bode Technology supports agencies by providing outsourced DNA testing services to help expand laboratory capacity.
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Coverdell program provides funding to state and local governments to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science services. Funding supports initiatives such as eliminating evidence backlogs, implementing new technologies, and enhancing training for forensic laboratory personnel.
Bode Technology supports Coverdell grantees through training on new forensic technologies and guidance on integrating accredited methods to strengthen laboratory processes.
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
SAKI provides competitive funding to help jurisdictions inventory, track, and test previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs), investigate and prosecute resulting cases, and implement reforms that prevent future backlogs. The program promotes a victim-centered approach, strengthens multidisciplinary collaboration, and enhances capacity to deliver justice in sexual assault cases.
Bode Technology helps agencies reduce sexual assault kit backlogs through outsourced DNA testing, advanced forensic DNA techniques, and support for cold case investigations.
Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
The MUHR Program provides funding to help state and local jurisdictions improve the reporting, transportation, forensic testing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains. The program fills a critical gap by providing federal resources that help reduce backlogs and bring resolution to families.
Bode Technology supports MUHR grantees through advanced DNA testing services, including bone extraction, forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG), customized casework teams, and cold case support.
Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
This program provides funding to help states and local jurisdictions cover the costs of postconviction DNA testing in violent felony cases where DNA evidence could demonstrate actual innocence. Funding supports locating biological evidence, conducting advanced DNA analysis on challenging or degraded samples, and reviewing case outcomes to ensure justice has been fairly applied.
Bode Technology proudly supports postconviction efforts by providing advanced DNA testing services that can help bring clarity to these complex cases.
Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
This program provides funding to help agencies prosecute violent cold case crimes where a suspect has been identified through DNA evidence. It supports efforts to reduce backlogs of unresolved cases, advance investigations, and bring offenders to justice using forensic analysis and modern DNA technologies.
Bode Technology assists grantees through advanced DNA testing, forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG), and expert cold case support to strengthen prosecutions.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance (JAG) Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
JAG is the primary source of federal funding for state, local, and tribal agencies to support a wide range of criminal justice initiatives. Grants are used for programs in law enforcement, prosecution, crime prevention, technology, and more — tailored to address local community needs. Many grantees apply funds toward forensic science improvements and the adoption of advanced technologies.
Bode Technology can support JAG-funded initiatives by providing cutting-edge forensic DNA testing services to help agencies enhance investigations and public safety.
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
This program provides funding to support the investigation and prosecution of unsolved civil rights-era homicides that occurred no later than December 31, 1979. It helps state, local, and tribal agencies apply modern forensic tools, including DNA analysis, to advance these cases and bring long-awaited justice to impacted families and communities.
Bode Technology offers advanced DNA testing, forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG), and expert cold case support to assist grantees in solving these historic cases.
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Bode’s dedicated team of specialists, forensic scientists and genealogists help to facilitate grant funding and support DNA requirements for funded programs.