Opportunity ID
NIJ-2010-2422
Solicitation Status
Closed
Fiscal Year
2010
Closing Date
Posting Date
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Description
NIJ seeks proposals for funding research and development to enhance forensic scientists' ability to identify, capture, visualize, analyze, and preserve impression evidence and pattern evidence. In FY 2010, priority will be given to research that focuses on tools and methods that will allow faster, more widely applicable, more rugged, less costly, or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation, and analysis of impression and pattern evidence; studies in fluid transfer and fluid dynamics, specifically blood, to analyze bloodstain patterns; studies to examine the mechanical properties of materials (fracture mechanics) in physical match analysis of evidence; and research on the effect of environmental factors on impression and/or pattern evidence. Pattern and impression evidence may include, but is not limited to, firearms and tool marks, footwear impressions, tire tread impressions, bite marks, blood spatter, friction ridges, fracture match, and questioned documents.
Awards
Number of Awards: 8
Total Amount Awarded: $2,710,968
Acquisition of Fingerprint Topology using Columnar Thin Films
2010-DN-BX-K232
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$470,216
Developing Methods to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming
2010-DN-BX-K202
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$258,816
Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
2010-DN-BX-K203
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$632,244
Digitizing Device to Capture Track Impressions
2010-DN-BX-K145
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$253,120
Evaluating High Dynamic Range (HDR) Processing with Regards to the Presence of Individualizing Characteristics in Shoeprint/Tireprint Impressions
2010-DN-BX-K038
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$32,696
Quantitative Analysis of High Velocity Bloodstain Patterns: A Double Blind Investigation of Impact Velocity Assessment
2010-DN-BX-K039
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$248,799
Significance of Association in Tool Mark Characterization
2009-DN-R-119-2
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$390,000
Statistical Examination of handwriting Characteristics Using Automated Tools
2010-DN-BX-K037
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
$425,077
Date Created: December 30, 2009