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Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice

BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program

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Deadline
Due Dec 2, 2026 · 44 days left
Award size
Up to $1M
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
State government, City or town government, Public college or university, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Special district (utility, fire, etc.), County government, Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), and others named in the official notice
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you

  • Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
  • No match required
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 1

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About this grant

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.

Who can apply, from the official notice

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

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/7e458877-6cdc-4b8a-81e5-349a29aa9f32 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/358c91ee-3d2a-4fb3-b7ef-8b5697bc3494

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

1 award to Tennessee groups in 1 county since 2021. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$83K2021

Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

More from Bureau of Justice Assistance

About the federal program

Strengthening the Medical Examiner - Coroner System, also called “ME/C”
Program number 16.037 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance · Grant

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: read this year's.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

This program on SAM.gov

About the federal program

Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
Program number 16.050 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs · Grant

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: read this year's.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

This program on SAM.gov

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