Guiding Interpretation: Leveraging High-Density SNP Data from Major U.S. Populations for Forensic Genetic Analyses
DJO-NIJ-25-RO-0002
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$990,468
Ancestry assessment
Age estimation from epigenetic features of hair DNA
15PNIJ-24-GG-03843-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$640,358
An Admixture Approach to Trihybrid Ancestry Variation in the Philippines With Implications for Forensic Anthropology
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Flanking Region Variation of ForenSeq (TM) DNA Signature Prep Kit STR and SNP Loci in Yavapai Native Americans
Date Published
May 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A panel of 74 AISNPs: Improved Ancestry Inference within Eastern Asia
Date Published
2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Support Activities under Section 13(d) of Executive Order 14074: Workshops on Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic DNA Technologies and Person-based Predictive Policing
15PNIJ-23-GG-04263-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$650,000
Evaluation of Target Enrichment for SNP Genotyping of Skeletal Remains
15PNIJ-23-GG-04224-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$659,287
Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy
15PNIJ-23-GG-04213-DNAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$759,008
Development of computational methods for genetic identification and kinship analysis of forensic samples
15PNIJ-23-GG-01948-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$111,000
The Evaluation and Refinement of Nonmetric Sex and Ancestry Assessment Methods in Modern Japanese and Thai Individuals
Date Published
August 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Refining Asian Ancestry Classifications via Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
NIJ Awards Over $11 Million to Support Forensic Science Research and Development in 2022
On September 30, 2022, NIJ announced $11.6 million in funding to support 23 projects under the “NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes” solicitation. Through its research and development grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the...
An Introduction to Forensic Genetic Genealogy Technology for Forensic Science Service Providers
Date Published
September 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantifying the accuracy of low-quality DNA sample analysis from genotyping to genealogical searching and integration as a bioinformatic pipeline
15PNIJ-22-GG-04410-DNAX
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2022
$266,406
Population genetic data of 74 microhaplotypes in four major US population groups
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Relaxing the assumption of unrelatedness in the numerator and denominator of likelihood ratios for DNA mixtures
Date Published
March 2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System
December 2020
In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.
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Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes
2020-DQ-BX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$747,384
Minimal SNP Overlap Among Multiple Panels of Ancestry informative Markers Argues for More International Collaboration
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Population-Specific F-ST Values for Forensic STR Markers: A Worldwide Survey
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Survey,
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Ancestry Assessment Using Random Forest Modeling
Date Published
May 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Likelihood Ratio and Posterior Odds in Forensic Genetics: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Date Published
May 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
52 Additional Reference Population Samples for the 55 AISNP Panel
Date Published
November 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Ancestry Estimation in Forensic Anthropology: Geometric Morphometric versus Standard and Nonstandard Interlandmark Distances
Date Published
July 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Genetic Analysis of the Yavapai Native Americans From West-Central Arizona Using the Illumina MiSeq FGx (TM) Forensic Genomics System
Date Published
September 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored