Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding institutions of higher education to develop and implement a hands-on course that focuses on firearms and toolmark identification as an applied forensic science discipline.
Goal: To build a comprehensive Crime Gun Intelligence (CGI) course with a curriculum that exposes students to and educates and enhances their interest and expertise in CGI and its use in the investigative process. This curriculum should be made publicly available at the conclusion of the project.
Objective: This program’s objectives are to partner institutions of higher education with ATF and local law enforcement to teach and expose students to the value of using CGI in violent crime investigations by using the CGI Center (CGIC) business process, NIBIN, eTrace, and ATF’s NIBIN National Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC), as well as instruct students on the necessary processes required to build and manage investigations and prosecutions inclusive of CGI.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,330,900
- Award Ceiling: $665,450
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
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To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:
- the agencys use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
- the agencys use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
- The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340523