Measuring Desiccation: A System Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Decomposition
Post-mortem Changes and Translocation of Bacterial Community Structure and Function for Use in Criminal Investigations
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains From Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities
Date Published
September 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$50,000
Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization
2017-R2-CX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$48,599
Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
2019-DU-BX-0025
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$808,296
The Value of Nonhuman Animal Models in Forensic Decomposition Research
Date Published
November 12, 2018
Scientific inquiry into the process of decomposition has studied a wide range of mammals and developed a fundamental understanding of the stages of decomposition, but forensic scientists should use caution in applying nonhuman data to human bodies.
Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases
2018-DU-BX-0181
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$354,751
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0180
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$726,629
Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization
2017-R2-CX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$48,630
Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$50,000
Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition
2016-DN-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$35,000
The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region.
2018-R2-CX-0014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$106,701
Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone
2018-R2-CX-0018
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$150,000
Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Nonhuman Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research
Date Published
March 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization
2017-R2-CX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition
2016-DN-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition
2016-DN-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2016
$50,000
Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
2015-DN-BX-K019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$250,024