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Solving the Missing Indigenous Person Data Crisis: NamUs 2.0

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Searching for the Missing in a City of Millions

Video: Upgrading the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: Introducing NamUs 2.0

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Just Science: Identification: Just Drawing Knowledge from a Forensic Artist

Date Published

February 2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Medicolegal Death Investigation: Just Being Vocal about Vicarious Trauma

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Maximizing the Use of Mitochondrial DNA in Identifying Remains and Aiding Missing Persons Casework

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ and University of South Florida: Creating an International Databank of Skeletal Biomarkers for Human Identification

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation's Missing

Date Published

November 2017

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation’s Missing

Identifying Missing Persons Through Legislation

Date Published

August 1, 2016

New York state law requires county medical examiners to report identifying information on remains to NamUs.

Defining a Face: What Can DNA Phenotyping Really Tell Us About An Unknown Sample?

Date Published

August 31, 2015

Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

2015-DN-BX-K040

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$277,667

Estimation of Biological Parameters for Human Identification in Cases of Missing Persons, Mass Disasters, and Human Rights Violations

Date Published

July 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identifying Victims Using DNA: A Guide for Families - Guia para las familias sobre la identificacion de victimas mediante analisis de ADN

Date Published

April 2005

Publication Type

Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

MN BCA Solving Cold Cases with DNA

2011-DN-BX-K522

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$465,079

NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program

Closing Date

March 4, 2011

Note: The application deadline has been extended from March 4, 2011, to April 4, 2011. In addition, NIJ has posted Frequently Asked Questions specific to this solicitation. NIJ is seeking proposals for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program. This program furthers the Department's mission by responding to the need to assist State and local law enforcement, medical examiners and coroners, allied professionals, and the general...

Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains: The Nation's Silent Mass Disaster

Date Published

January 2007

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

New Forensics Tool: Development of an Advanced Sensor for Detecting Clandestine Graves

Date Published

July 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published

May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

2008-DN-BX-K156

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$627,767

University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: The Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry Into CODIS and the Field Testing and Implementation of New Technologies to Facilitate Additional Identifications

Date Published

2008

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Missing Persons DNA Program Unidentified Person Backlog Reduction

2008-DN-BX-K153

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$407,075

FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing ' University of North Texas Health Science Center

2008-DN-BX-K157

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2008

$2,552,511

NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

Closing Date

May 23, 2008

The goal of this solicitation is to assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples collected as part of missing persons investigations and in entering the resulting DNA profiles into the CODIS+mito database of the FBI's National DNA Index System.

Emerging Forensic Identification Technologies: Heat Shock for Cold Cases

Date Published

April 2007

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored