U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

FY 2010 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program - New York City, Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Award Information

Awardee
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Award #
2010-DN-BX-K181
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

New York, NY

Congressional District
11
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$62,334
Original Solicitation
NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $62,334)

The objectives of this project are to design and validate an assay to predict eye and skin color based on DNA to assist in the identification of missing persons and human remains. This new assay will increase the amount of information available for the identification of unknown decedents. The utilization of this multiplex-SNP-assay to predict pigment-related features will greatly enhance current efforts of collecting data from human remains to facilitate identification.

ca/ncf

Date Created: September 13, 2010