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Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

Closing Date

Notice

In fiscal 2020, all state and local forensic capacity enhancement programs previously managed by NIJ moved to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

The awards made under this solicitation now are being managed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. To see the complete list of awards, visit the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

This program seeks to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science...

Forensic Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date

NIJ seeks proposals to operate NIJ's Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) to support its research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) process in all areas of forensic science. The FTCOE should focus on specific efforts to include, but not limited to: 1) providing scientific and technical support to NIJ's research and development efforts; 2) facilitating demonstration, transfer, and adoption of appropriate technology into practice by...

TECHBeat, January 2016

Date Published
January 2016
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program

Closing Date

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for funding to conduct research and technology development leading to the introduction into practice of new and innovative tools to: -Process large-scale computer networks for digital evidence in a forensically sound manner that preserves the probative value of the evidence that the computer network may contain; or -Process mobile devices voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement by witnesses or victims...

What Is a Sexual Assault Kit?

January 2016
NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, from the FBI Laboratory explain what a sexual assault kit is and how it is used as part of a sexual assault investigation.