DNA testing

NIJ FY17 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

Closing Date

May 9, 2017

Notice

In fiscal 2020, all state and local forensic capacity enhancement programs previously managed by NIJ moved to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

The awards made under this solicitation now are being managed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. To see the complete list of awards, visit the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

NIJ seeks proposals for funding to assist in defraying the costs associated...

DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook

Date Published

July 2007

Publication Type

Training

Agencies

NIJ

The National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs): Scope, Causes, and Future Directions for Research, Policy, and Practice

Date Published

December 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

From the Deputy Director: Supporting the Effort To Exonerate the Wrongfully Convicted

Date Published

April 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas: Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute

2016-IJ-CX-0019

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$235,794

Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.

2016-DN-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$727,072

Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents

2016-DN-BX-0165

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$424,799

Progress on Testing Sexual Assault Kits

September 2016

Members from the Nevada Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Working Group describe the importance of using a multidisciplinary, victim-centered approach in addressing complex issues that arise while responding to sexual assault. The team also describes the importance of utilizing available resources, including research and federal support from the National Institute of Justice, in making progress towards processing untested sexual assault kits.

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Backlogs and Their Impact on the Criminal Justice System - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Nuclear DNA-based Species Determination and DNA Quantification Assay for Common Poultry Species

Date Published

December 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

NIJ Funding: Supporting Emerging Scientists, Building Our Future

Date Published

January 2016

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Issue Overview, Historical Overview, Biography

Agencies

NIJ

National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 6: Ritz Carlton Hotel Boston, Massachusetts July 25 & 26, 1999

Date Published

July 1999

Publication Type

Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Proceedings Meeting 7: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Polaris Conference Room Conference Center, Concourse Level Washington, DC September 26 & 27, 1999

Date Published

September 1999

Publication Type

Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

New Orleans Sexual Assault Evidence Project: Results and Recommendations

Date Published

June 2013

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ

National Law Enforcement Summit on DNA Technology Proceedings: July 27 - 28, 2000

Date Published

July 2000

Publication Type

Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2010

Date Published

January 2010

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

NIJ

A Sexual Assault Kit Partnership

November 2015

NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss why the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership was created and how the partnership plans to shed light on the complexities of sexual assault cases, particularly kits that

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