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NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Mobile Evidential Breath Alcohol Instruments

Date Published

December 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Program/Project Description, Technical Assistance

Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the U.S., England, and Wales

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Summary), Program/Project Description, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Skin Microbe Colonies Used for Human Identification

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Embracing Next Generation Methods for Forensic DNA Sequence Analysis

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Embracing Next Generation Methods for Forensic DNA Sequence Analysis

Data from the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Grant Program

Program Moved

This program was transferred to the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Learn more about the program on BJA.ojp.gov.

The goal of NIJ's DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) program is to assist States and units of local government with existing crime laboratories to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples, thereby helping...

Advanced Statistical Population Genetics Methods for Forensic DNA Identification

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

How It Got There: Associating Individual DNA Profiles with Specific Body Fluids in Mixtures Using Targeted Digital Gene Expression and RNA-SNP Identification

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Powerful Forensic Markers Optimized for Massively Parallel Sequencing

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence

2017-IJ-CX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$50,000

Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods

2019-DU-BX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$453,146

Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts

2019-75-CX-0017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$443,931

Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool

2019-R2-CX-0048

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$146,805

A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework

2019-DU-BX-0022

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$20,685

mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach

2019-DU-BX-0045

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$878,274

Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples

2019-R2-CX-0049

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$150,000

Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons

2019-R2-CX-0070

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$253,010

Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research

2019-DU-BX-0025

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$808,296

Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids

2019-NE-BX-0006

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$600,544

Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing

2019-NE-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$250,636

Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories

2019-NE-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$175,791