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2026 NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Webinar Series

The National Institute of Justice will host a Forensic Science Research and Development webinar series the week of September 14 - 18, 2026. Over the course of five days, NIJ will present two-hour sessions featuring key NIJ-funded forensic science research. Each day will focus on a specific forensic discipline, including trace evidence, fire investigation, physics and pattern analysis, anthropology, pathology, seized drugs, toxicology, and biology...

Development of a Freely Available Authentic Case Sample Collection for Seized Drug Research & Technique Development

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Funding First Awarded

2024

$550,000

NamUs Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report

Date Published

April 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories

Closing Date

June 10, 2026

Grants.gov Deadline

June 3, 2026

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 10, 2026

NIJ FY25 Research and Development of Innovations in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes

Closing Date

June 9, 2026

Grants.gov Deadline

June 2, 2026

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 9, 2026

NIJ FY25 Research and Evaluation on Forensic Science Systems

Closing Date

June 9, 2026

Grants.gov Deadline

June 2, 2026

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 9, 2026

Just Building Workforce Resiliency

December 2019

Over the last few years, the National Institute of Justice has placed an increasingly large emphasis on the influence of work-related stress on mental health. In this special release episode, Just Science interviews Amy Jeanguenat and Andrew Levin, two experts in the field of workforce resiliency, about the impact of vicarious trauma on forensic scientists, analysts, and first responders.

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Just Building Workforce Resiliency Special Release 118

Unrealized Potential of DNA Testing

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

December 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The cross-reactivity of cannabinoid analogs (delta-8-THC, delta-10-THC and CBD), their metabolites and chiral carboxy HHC metabolites in urine of six commercially available homogeneous immunoassays

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

August 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Comparative Analysis of Crime Guns

Journal

Rsf-the Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Cognitive and contextual influences in determination of latent fingerprint suitability for identification judgments

Journal

Science & Justice

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Raman spectroscopic signature of vaginal fluid and its potential application in forensic body fluid identification

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

September 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Human Decomposition Ecology and Postmortem Microbiology

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Cross-Reactivity of the Cannabinoid Analogs (delta-8-THC, delta-10-THC and CBD) and their metabolites in Urine of Six Commercially Available Homogeneous Immunoassays, Grant Report

Date Published

March 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science Podcast: Just All Hands On DECK for Drug Endangered Youth

Date Published

August 2024

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Improving Sexual Assault Kit Outcomes

Date Published

September 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science Podcast: Just Resolving a Capital Murder Case in Denton, Texas

Date Published

November 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Genetic Analysis of Facial Shape and Appearance

Date Published

March 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of a THC Breath Analyzer using Chitosan Film with Colorimetric Dye

Date Published

March 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Spectroscopic Differentiation and Regioisomeric Indole Aldehydes: Synthetic Cannabinoids Precursors

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Two-Stage Approach for the Inference of the Source of High-Dimension and Complex Chemical Data in Forensic Science

Journal

Journal of Chemometrics

Date Published

May 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

DNA-Based Identification of Forensically Important Lucilia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Continental United States

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

October 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of a 3D-based Automated Firearms Evidence Comparison System

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

November 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Science and the Courts - The Uses and Effects of Scientific Evidence in Criminal Case Processing - Final Report

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Biological Distance Analysis: Biological Distance Analysis

Date Published

2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)