Forensic Research and Development Program
National Institute of Justice, Annual Report 2017
Date Published
January 2020
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ
Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
Closing Date
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for 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 application.
Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations
2017-R2-CX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$45,256
A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework
2019-DU-BX-0022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$20,685
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
2019-75-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$443,931
Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment
2019-MU-MU-0007
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,241,355
Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling
2019-DU-BX-0018
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$583,545
Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone
2019-75-CX-0019
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$212,738
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
Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods
2019-DU-BX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$453,146
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
Expanding the Scope and Efficiency of 3D Surface Topography Analysis in Firearm Forensics
2019-DU-BX-0012
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$194,505
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
mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach
2019-DU-BX-0045
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$878,274
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 Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition
2019-R2-CX-0069
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$823,804
Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation
2019-DU-BX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$495,056
Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics
2019-MU-MU-0096
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$380,405
Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis
2019-DU-BX-0031
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$536,181
Subadult Ancestry Estimation Using Craniometrics, Macromorphoscopics, Odontometrics, and Dental Morphology
2019-DU-BX-0039
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$785,847
Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis
2019-DU-BX-0028
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$395,773
Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation
2019-DU-BX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$321,025