Funding for Sample Analysis
A number of programs under the DNA Initiative can help fund sample analysis. Requirements and other details for these program may change from year to year. Please review the information provided under each program and be sure to read carefully the latest solicitation for each program before applying.
Analysis of Remains and Biological Samples
Under the DNA Initiative, there are two sources that can assist jurisdictions with analysis of unidentified remains and reference samples.
DNA Identity Laboratory Project: DNA Testing of Unidentified Remains.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is coordinating with medical examiners' offices, coroners' offices, the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the National Center for Missing Adults, and law enforcement agencies to identify, collect, and perform DNA analysis on unidentified remains and reference samples.
Contact the Center for Human Identification
Phone: 1-800-763-3147
Email: missingpersons@hsc.unt.edu
Sample Analysis Through the FBI's National Missing Persons DNA Database Program.
The President's DNA Initiative provides funding to the FBI for the analysis of degraded and old biological samples through the National Missing Persons DNA Database Program. The program was established to identify missing and unidentified persons using the National DNA Index System of the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The Missing Persons Database contains two parts into which missing and unidentified persons DNA profiles and Biological Relatives of Missing Persons and Unidentified Human Remains can be entered.
Samples must be submitted through FBI field offices or resident agencies. Please call the National Missing Persons DNA Database program manager at 703-632-7582 prior to submitting samples or for questions concerning samples. Follow the Evidence Submission directions detailed in the Evidence Examinations and Packaging and Shipping Evidence sections of the Handbook for Forensic Services (198 pages).
