Evidence analysis

Fentanyl Contamination

DJO-NIJ-18-RO-0506

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$500,000

Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$649,938

Post-Blast Explosives Attribution

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-2

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$599,738

Extraction of Ignitable Liquid Residues by Dynamic Capillary Headspace Sampling and Comparison to the Carbon Strip Method

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$99,865

Chemical Foundations of a Cannabis Breathalyzer

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0008

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$481,103

A Quantitative Understanding of Uniqueness and Reproducibility of Firearm Toolmark Surfaces

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$458,108

Black Box and White Box Forensic Examiner Evaluations - Understanding the Details

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0010

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$141,856

Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids

DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$605,696

Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$25,000

Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$562,700

Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation (Subaward to grant 2020-R2-CX-0047)

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$27,287

Interoperability of 3D Impressed Firearm Toolmarks Measurements

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$497,293

Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis Samples for Forensic Laboratories

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$350,000

Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$609,700

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...