Expired Funding Opportunities

NIJ is seeking applications to establish a Criminal Justice Technology Center of Excellence for Information and Sensor Systems within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System (the "NLECTC System"). The Information and Sensor Systems Center will provide testing, evaluation, technology assistance, and other services with regard to information and sensor technologies intended for use by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies.See FAQs that NIJ is compiling for this and other Technology Center solicitations.

NIJ is seeking applications for funding to research, develop, and demonstrate emerging electronic investigative/forensic and digital evidence recovery technology solutions for law enforcement agencies. Specific areas of interest include cell phone forensics tools, digital evidence forensic examination tools, and computer crime investigative tools.

NIJ is seeking applications for funding the development and demonstration of a mobile, wireless device for law enforcement application capable of the simultaneous capture of four fingerprints in a manner compliant with the relevant sections of the draft "Mobile ID Device Best Practices Recommendations and Specifications (May 5, 2008)", to include data encryption. NIJ is especially interested in research and development proposals for technology to identify or verify the identity of a person in the field.

NIJ is seeking applications from States wishing to receive funding to help defray the costs associated with postconviction DNA testing of forcible rape, murder, and nonnegligent manslaughter cases in which actual innocence might be demonstrated. Funds may be used to review such postconviction cases and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases.

The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (the Coverdell program) awards grants to States and units of local government to help improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services. Among other things, funds may be used to eliminate a backlog in the analysis of forensic evidence and to train and employ forensic laboratory personnel, as needed, to eliminate such a backlog. States may apply for both "base" (formula) and competitive funds. Units of local government may apply for competitive funds.

NIJ seeks to fund an evaluation of internet child safety materials used by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces that receive funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Recovery Act. Specifically, the successful grantee will conduct a multisite evaluation of internet child safety materials used by ICAC task forces in school and community settings to examine the effectiveness of these materials and identify gaps that may exist in this field.

NIJ seeks applications for research and development to enhance crime laboratories' ability to identify, characterize, capture, visualize, and preserve impression evidence. This solicitation focuses, among other things, on tools and technologies that will allow faster, more widely applicable, more rugged, less costly, or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation, and analysis of impression evidence at the crime scene or crime laboratory.