Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Podiatry Supporting Investigations
Date Published
November 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evidence analysis
NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
Variation in assessments of suitability and number of contributors for DNA mixtures
Date Published
July 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Detecting Drug Exposure Long After the Fact: New Method Proves Effective
Date Published
October 12, 2023
NIJ-funded researchers develop a novel blood protein modification assay to detect drug exposure long after the limits of traditional urine or blood tests.
The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present.
15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$409,612
Nanoparticle-Decorated Micropillars As Integrated Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Quantitative and High-Throughput Toxicology Drug Analysis
15PNIJ-23-GG-04235-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$199,676
New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices
15PNIJ-23-GG-01426-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$441,886
Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations
15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$229,454
Experimental and numerical investigations for the development and validation of thermo-chemistry models and property databases for selected wall lining materials under fire exposure
15PNIJ-23-GG-04204-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$290,289
Mitigating demographic bias in forensic speaker identification
15PNIJ-23-GG-04220-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$553,851
Optimizing New STRs for Enhanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution
15PNIJ-23-GG-04214-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$513,529
NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
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2023 NIJ Research Conference Opening Ceremony
August 2023
Series
The theme of NIJ’s 2023 Research Conference was “evidence to action,” and our goal was to bring researchers and practitioners together to learn about the latest research evidence and how it can be implemented to promote safety, equity, and justice.
The opening ceremony included remarks from U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Amy Solomon, and NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne.
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Enhanced Genetic Analysis of Single Human Bioparticles Recovered by Simplified Micromanipulation from Forensic 'Touch DNA' Evidence
Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Rapid Automated Landmarking for Morphometric Analysis of Three-dimensional Facial Scans
Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Beyond impunity: An evaluation of New York State's nonfatal shooting initiative
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic interlaboratory evaluations of a systematic method for examining, documenting, and interpreting duct tape physical fits
Date Published
July 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Persistence of Touch DNA for Analysis
Date Published
June 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
A study on the occurrence of glass and paint across various cities in the United States - Part II: Background presence of paint in the general population
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effect of secondary atomization on blood backspatter affected by muzzle gases
Date Published
April 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
MPKin-YSTR: Interpretation of Y chromosome STR haplotypes for missing persons cases
Date Published
April 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is capable of precise differentiation between re-dyed hair samples
Date Published
May 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Fluvial Transport of Human Remains Forensic Application of a HECRAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA
Date Published
December 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored