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Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation, and Use

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Characterization and Comparison of Tape Evidence Using Elemental Profiling Methods and Chemometric Analyses

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

A Brief History of NIJ

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

October 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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...

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)

Advanced Statistical Population Genetics Methods for Forensic DNA Identification

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science: DNA: Just Investigative Genetic Genealogy

Date Published

October 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Interview

The Impact of National Institute of Justice's Solving Cold Cases With DNA Program

Date Published

July 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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

Understanding the Impact of Drug Background Levels in Forensic Laboratories

Event Dates

August 13, 2019, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Improving Sexual Assault Response within Special Populations Webinar Series

Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss

2017-R2-CX-0008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$50,000

Just Science: Just So You Know: AAFS Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Interview

mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach

2019-DU-BX-0045

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$878,274

Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts

2019-75-CX-0017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$443,931

Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls

2019-R2-CX-0043

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

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

2019-DU-BX-0022

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$20,685

Expanding the Scope and Efficiency of 3D Surface Topography Analysis in Firearm Forensics

2019-DU-BX-0012

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$194,505

Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures

2019-DU-BX-0041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$469,468

Development of Microscopical Methods for the Systematic Analysis of Chemically Reacted, Improvised Low Explosives and Related Residues

2019-DU-BX-0047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$157,863

Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations

2019-R2-CX-0037

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$100,000