This NIJ grant offers funding to States and local governments for solving violent crime cold cases. The initiative aims to identify, review, and investigate unsolved UCR Part 1 Violent Crime cases with exhausted leads, particularly those with potential for resolution through DNA analysis. Recipients will locate and analyze associated biological evidence, leveraging advances in DNA technologies to successfully test aged, degraded, or previously inconclusive samples. This program is designed to significantly increase the successful resolution of cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults, by applying modern DNA techniques to challenging evidence.
Opportunity ID: 156773
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NIJ-2012-3099 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Solving Cold Cases With DNA |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 14 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.560 — National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 21, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 21, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Justice |
| Description: | With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate violent crime cold cases that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis, and to locate and analyze the biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated inconclusive DNA results may now be successfully analyzed. For the purposes of this announcement: a violent crime cold case refers to any unsolved UCR Part 1 Violent Crime case for which all significant investigative leads have been exhausted. Authorizing Legislation: Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 11255). |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to solicitation announcement. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For assistance with any other requirement of this solicitation, contact Michael Dillon, Senior Grants Management Specialist, by telephone at 202-514-5528 or by e-mail at Michael.Dillon3@usdoj.gov.
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Note: The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Federal holidays. Email:Michael.Dillon3@usdoj.gov. |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 156773 Full Announcement-1 -> nij fy12 solving cold cases with dna_final 508 (3).pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For assistance with any other requirement of this solicitation, contact Michael Dillon, Senior Grants Management Specialist, by telephone at 202-514-5528 or by e-mail at Michael.Dillon3@usdoj.gov. For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Note: The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Federal holidays. Email: Michael.Dillon3@usdoj.gov. |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.560 | PKG00109090 | Mar 20, 2012 | May 21, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
156773 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
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