Fiscal Year 2014 Report on the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
Date Published
2015
Agencies
NIJ
Forensic sciences
Statistical Detection of Relatives Typed With Disjoint Forensic and Biomedical Loci
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Potential Handheld Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigations
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Inferring the Number of Contributors to Complex DNA Mixtures Using Three Methods: Exploring the Limits of Low-Template DNA Interpretation
Date Published
January 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New Approaches to Digital Evidence Acquisition and Analysis
Date Published
October 7, 2018
Two NIJ-supported projects offer innovative ways to process digital evidence.
OSTEOID, A New Forensic Tool: Developing a Practical Online Resource for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains
2018-DU-BX-0229
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$185,453
Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0228
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$197,669
Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab
2018-DU-BX-0216
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$198,000
Evaluation of Terrestrial and Aerial Remote Sensing with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for Forensic Crime-Scene Reconstruction
2018-R2-CX-0031
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$91,416
Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
2018-DU-BX-0197
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$130,242
Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis
2018-DU-BX-0192
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$649,938
Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?
2018-MU-MU-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$178,080
Evaluating Analytical Parameters and Understanding Drug-Matrix Interactions in Forensic Hair Analysis
2018-75-CX-0037
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$400,349
Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications
2018-DU-BX-0225
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$466,769
Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators
2018-R2-CX-0032
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$487,386
Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0194
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$499,318
Physical Characteristics of Spatter Stains on Textiles: Influence of Impact Surface Texture, Blood Drop Volume and Blood Drop Velocity
2018-R2-CX-0033
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$272,463
Classification Procedure for Lubricant Stains and Samples Collected from Sexual Assaults
2018-MU-BX-0002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$354,195
Population distribution and factors affecting individual DNA shedding propensity
2018-DU-BX-0203
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$332,893
Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices
2018-DU-BX-0226
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$171,041
Testing new methods for degraded DNA recovery and next-generation sequencing
2018-DU-BX-0218
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$669,898
A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY
2018-DU-BX-0174
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$176,490
Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions
2018-DU-BX-0214
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,086,976
Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases
2018-DU-BX-0181
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$354,751