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Development of a Forensic Quality Mitogenome Haplotype Database from 5000 High Quality Samples Using Next-Generation Sequencing Methods

DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0219

Open

Funding First Awarded

2017

$469,083

Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$649,938

Platinum-Quality Mitogenome Haplotypes From United States Populations

Journal

Genes

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

When Evaluating DNA Evidence within a Likelihood Ratio Framework, should the Propositions be Exhaustive?

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

October 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Webinar: Research Assistantship Program, Academic Year 2021-2022

NIJ held a webinar on November 12, 2020, to discuss the academic year 2021-2022 Research Assistantship Program. The following is a transcript of that webinar. 

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ANGELA M. MOORE: Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get into the meat of the presentation, I first want to thank everyone for joining us and for your interest in NIJ's Research Assistantship Program. In addition, I just want to...

NIJ and NSF Renew Forensic Science Collaboration

Date Published

November 17, 2020

Two leading funding agencies renew a joint commitment to evaluate and support scientific activities relevant to criminal justice.

Improving the Analysis and Collection of Trace Evidence Samples

Date Published

November 2, 2020

Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Expanding Social Science Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

Event Dates

November 10, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes

2020-DQ-BX-0014

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$747,384

An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation

2020-DQ-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$205,963

An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction

2020-DQ-BX-0024

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$466,886

Sex-Based Targeted Recovery of Cells in a Heterogeneous Mixture: Separating Male and Female Like Cells

2020-DQ-BX-0019

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$153,333

Research and Development of a Rapid Approach for Identification of Calliphoridae Species Entomological Forensic Evidence Based on DART-HRMS-derived Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics

2020-MU-MU-0016

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$731,306

Front-end differentiation of contributor cell populations and estimation of DNA content in trace biological samples using novel cellular signatures

2020-DQ-BX-0023

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$382,296

Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures

2020-R2-CX-0049

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,063,335

Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles

2020-DQ-BX-0022

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$711,906

Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0005

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$444,723

A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples

2020-DQ-BX-0027

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$436,934

Exploring New Short Tandem Repeat Markers for DNA Mixture Deconvolution

Journal

WIREs Forensic Science

Date Published

August 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

NIJ and Rutgers University: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis With NOCIt

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

Linking Internal Organ Microbiome and Metabolome Composition to Cause of Death in Medicolegal Investigations

2017-MU-MU-4042

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$393,503

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$4,288,461

Utilizing eDNA from Four Biological Taxa Associated with Geologic Evidence for Sample-to-Sample Comparisons and Study Site Separation

2020-R2-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$150,000