Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance

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

Who can apply

  • Public and state-controlled colleges
  • City or township governments
  • Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status
  • County governments
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
  • Others (see eligibility details)
  • State governments
  • Special district governments

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

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.

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