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Development of an Open Source Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) Search Software and Library Building Tool for the Analysis of Complex Drug Mixtures

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0012

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$198,290

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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Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021

Closing Date

June 10, 2021

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous basic or applied research and development projects. An NIJ forensic science research and development grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project that will 1) Increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice; or 2) Lead to the production of useful material(s), device(s), system(s), or method(s) that have the potential for forensic...

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.

Just Science Podcast: Just the Story Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving the Analysis and Collection of Trace Evidence Samples

Date Published

November 2, 2020

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

Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases

2020-DQ-BX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$198,362

Analysis of Small Particles Adhering to the Edges of Duct Tape as a Means to Make Associations in a Way that is Independent of Manufactured Characteristics

2020-MU-CX-0018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$871,366

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

Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories

2020-DQ-BX-0016

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$348,052

A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners' Conclusions

2020-DQ-BX-0026

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$720,610

An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation

2020-DQ-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$205,963

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Efficient Casework Policy To Address Emerging Challenges in Seized Drugs

Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence

2018-DU-BX-4228

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$87,206

Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification

2020-R2-CX-0031

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$49,994

A Virtual Anthropological Approach to the Study of Commingled Human Remains

2020-R2-CX-0025

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$138,704

Selectively analyzing and interpreting DNA from multiple donors with a full Single-Cell strategy

2020-R2-CX-0032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$142,986

Statistical evaluation of forensic sequencing profiles

2020-R2-CX-0040

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$107,205

Genetic distance to improve human identification from the skin microbiome

2020-R2-CX-0046

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$81,058

Analysis of Fiber Dyes by Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) with Electrospray Ionization: Discriminating Between Dyes with Indistinguishable UV-Visable Absorption Spectra

Date Published

May 2005

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Influence of Forensic Evidence on the Case Outcomes of Homicide Incidents

Date Published

November 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Nondestructive Total Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Microscopy Combined With Multi-Way Chemometric Analysis for Visually Indistinguishable Single Fiber Discrimination

Date Published

March 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored