BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172716
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- County Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance is soliciting applications for the FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program to improve reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases, including those involving migrants, with applications due December 2, 2026 (SF-424 in Grants.gov) and December 9, 2026 (full application in JustGrants).
Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city and township governments, special district governments, higher education institutions (public), 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, medical examiner offices, accredited publicly funded CODIS forensic laboratories, and accredited publicly funded toxicology laboratories. Applicants lacking direct access to required databases (NamUs, CODIS, NCIC, or ViCAP) must obtain access or partner with agencies holding such access, supported by memoranda of understanding at application. State and local government applicants must submit a Chief Executive Officer certification regarding compliance with federal immigration law (8 U.S.C. 1373).
Up to $3,079,954 in total funding is available for approximately four awards of up to $1,000,000 each. The 36-month award period begins January 1, 2027. Proposals are scored on need (5%), project goals and objectives (15%), project design and implementation (35%), capabilities and competencies (30%), and budget (15%). The proposal narrative is limited to 10 pages. Recipients must deliver a final report including jurisdictional capacity evaluation, multidisciplinary team composition, policies and procedures developed, and an inventory of cases processed, along with regular performance reports and metrics for any forensic genetic genealogy work conducted. The program operates under CFDA 16.050 and Public Law 116-277.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program. This opportunity supports efforts to improve reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases, including those involving migrants as authorized by Public Law 116-277. This program increases public safety by providing resources to locate and identify missing persons and unidentified human remains in the United States.
Eligibility
Other units of local government (towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state); Accredited, publicly funded, CODIS forensic laboratories; Medical examiner offices; Accredited, publicly funded toxicology laboratories; Accredited, publicly funded crime laboratories
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00294428.pdf |
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