Cooperative Agreement 16FI11061400025

The FY2021 Formula Grant award of $980,962 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to the Attorney General of Ohio through the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) will fund laboratory capacity enhancement and backlog reduction efforts through September 2023. The funding will support robot maintenance services from Tecan U.S., Inc., as well as consumable supplies, equipment maintenance, GeneMapper licenses, new software, and software...

The County of Santa Clara, operating as the Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory, has received a $408,231 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The funding will support the laboratory's efforts to enhance its DNA analysis capabilities and reduce backlogs of forensic DNA evidence awaiting processing. Specifically, the grant will fund a criminalist position, service agreements for the...

The County of Santa Clara Crime Laboratory received a $349,207 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to enhance DNA analysis capacity and reduce forensic DNA sample backlogs. The grant period runs from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. As the goal of the DNA Backlog Reduction Program is to increase laboratory capacity and reduce the number of forensic DNA samples...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $248,293 Cooperative Agreement under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program to the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) to improve DNA synthesis screening capabilities. EBRC will partner with NIST, industry, government, and other stakeholders to identify and describe the structure and properties of a federally-developed database of nucleic acid sequences of concern, and develop a...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Vuronyx Technologies LLC a $1,599,940.60 cooperative agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to develop acetylperoxyborate (APB) powders for disinfecting personal protective equipment. Vuronyx will perform efficacy testing of APB powders against viruses on test coupons and evaluate resulting byproducts and residues. It will also evaluate the structural integrity of N95 masks and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary: Blood Transfusion Optimization The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences awarded a $2.3 million cooperative agreement to The Geneva Foundation for the Blood Transfusion Optimization (BTO) program, effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028. Under this award, The Geneva Foundation will conduct medical research and development services focused on advancing blood transfusion practices and protocols to enhance combat casualty care and...

The Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Sciences Laboratory (RIDOH-FSL) received a $650,000 formula grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.741 - DNA Backlog Reduction Program) to enhance the laboratory's DNA processing capacity and reduce the forensic DNA case backlog. The funding will support two full-time senior forensic scientists to process DNA casework, provide overtime for qualified DNA analysts, and purchase new capillary electrophoresis instrumentation. The grant...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, received a $1,187,832 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The funding will be used to support an overtime program for the New Jersey State Police DNA Laboratory, enabling it to analyze approximately 500 cases from its backlog and upload the resulting DNA profiles to the CODIS database. This will allow the...

The County of Santa Clara District Attorney's Office was awarded $692,163 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to expand its existing Crime Gun Intelligence Program. The funding will support additional analytic staff and equipment to more quickly analyze and investigate shooting cases by processing firearms, expended casings, and inputting the data into the National...

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