Investigations

Arizona medical examiners'' offices will be reducing the number of unknown decedents by submitting extracted bone and tooth samples for DNA testing and having the profiles entered onto CODIS and NamUS

2009-DN-BX-K163

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$400,000

Missing Persons DNA Program Unidentified Person Backlog Reduction

2009-DN-BX-K032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$395,975

Developing Fluorogenic Reagents for Detecting and Enhancing Bloody Fingerprints

Date Published

January 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitative Assessment of the Individuality of Friction Ridge Patterns

Date Published

March 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Development of Advanced Raman Spectroscopy Methods and Databases For the Evaluation of Trace Evidence and the Examination of Questioned Documents (Phase I)

Date Published

August 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Measuring Atomic Bomb-derived 14C Levels in Human Remains to Determine Year of Birth and/or Year of Death

Date Published

2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Blood on Black-Enhanced Visualization of Bloodstains on Dark Surfaces

Date Published

March 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 09 Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

Closing Date

June 22, 2009

NOTE: The deadline for this solicitation has changed from June 19 to June 22. NIJ is seeking applications to establish a Criminal Justice Technology Center of Excellence for Electronic Crime within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System (the "NLECTC System"). The Electronic Crime Center will provide testing, evaluation, technology assistance, and other services with regard to technologies intended for use by law...

NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals

Closing Date

June 4, 2009

NIJ is seeking applications for funding to research, develop, and demonstrate emerging electronic investigative/forensic and digital evidence recovery technology solutions for law enforcement agencies. Specific areas of interest include cell phone forensics tools, digital evidence forensic examination tools, and computer crime investigative tools.

Systems Change Analysis of SANE Programs: Identifying the Mediating Mechanisms of Criminal Justice System Impact: Project Summary

Date Published

January 2009

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Step-by-Step Practitioner Toolkit for Evaluating the Work of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs in the Criminal Justice System

Date Published

January 2009

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Systems Change Analysis of SANE Programs: Identifying the Mediating Mechanisms of Criminal Justice System Impact

Date Published

January 2009

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims

Eyewitness Identification

DNA Evidence and Property Crimes

February 2009

Expert Chat Webinar

Moderator: Katharine Browning, Ph.D., Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice

Panelists:

Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy

Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking: Executive Summary

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Summary)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Fire and Explosion Investigations and Forensic Analyses: Near- and Long-Term Needs Assessment for State and Local Law Enforcement

Date Published

January 2008

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

Closing Date

February 4, 2009

NIJ seeks applications from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate "violent crime cold cases" that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances...

NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

Closing Date

January 24, 2009

The goal of the "Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing" solicitation is twofold: (1) to assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples to support the efforts of States and units of local governments to identify missing persons and (2) to enter the resulting DNA profiles into the FBI's National DNA Index System using the Combined DNA Index...