OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 20 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are as listed below:&#8226; Agencies directly involved in medicolegal death investigations as part of their normal business, such as medical examiner offices and coroner offices&#8226; States (including territories)&#8226; Units of local government &#8226; Federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) that perform law enforcement functions &#8226; Nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations)&#8226; Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education)&#8226; Certain qualified individuals
Description: With this solicitation, BJA seeks proposals to strengthen the medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) system in the United States. Through this program, BJA will support grants in two focus areas by:(1) Supporting forensic pathology fellowships(2) Providing resources necessary for medical examiner and coroner offices to achieve accreditation
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Application Assistance
GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800&#8211;518&#8211;4726, 606&#8211;545&#8211;5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. &lt;br/&gt;An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the BJA contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under &#8220;Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues&#8221; in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide. &lt;br/&gt;For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.