Tennesee Block Grant Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula and Discretionary Competitive

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

A State/local government entity performing forensic science services is considered a “forensic science laboratory” if it: o Employs one or more full time scientists (with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a natural science [e.g., chemistry, physics, biology, or a closely related natural science field]), and o Whose principal function is to examine physical evidence in criminal matters and provide reports and testimony to courts of law regarding such evidence. · “Police identification units” (units operating outside of the crime laboratory function), or entities that engage exclusively in evidence collection and documentation, are not forensic science laboratories for these purposes. · Medical examiner and coroner offices are treated as forensic science laboratories.