Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program awards grants to states and units of local government to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services and/or to eliminate backlogs in the analysis of forensic evidence, including controlled substances, firearms examination, forensic pathology, latent prints, questioned documents, toxicology and trace evidence.
OCJS holds a planning meeting each year with past applicants to determine the amount of funding each agency will receive. The amount each agency receives is based on a formula of the number of forensic scientist and medical examiners as laboratory employees.
Eligibility
§ No match requirement
§ The application submission deadline is in June
§ The projects run from January thru July