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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

Fiscal Year 2017 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement, and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Can Support Law Enforcement in Crash Scene Reconstruction

NIJ and CHORI: Collaboration With SoftGenetics and California Department of Justice - Customizing NextGENe Software for Forensic Applications

Date Published

April 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Evolution Of SNPs As A Forensic Marker

Event Dates

November 7, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

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

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2017

$7,455,832

Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania

2017-IJ-CX-0008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$47,451

Increasing identifications of deceased border crossers: investigating spatial and skeletal attributes of migrant deaths

2017-IJ-CX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$36,148

An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA.

2015-R2-CX-0023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$39,569

Using Innovative Technology to Investigate Targeted Mass Violence: What the Future Holds

Fiscal Year 2016 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Stable Isotope Forensics & Unknown Persons Investigations

Event Dates

May 24, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

A Review of Forensic Anthropology in Mexico

Event Dates

June 1, 2017, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

DNA: A Prosecutor's Practice Notebook

Date Published

July 2007

Publication Type

Training

Agencies

NIJ

Lifestyle Chemistries from Phones for Individual Profiling

Date Published

October 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2016

$4,700,000

An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe

2015-R2-CX-0023

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$38,683

Evaluating Massive Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification.

2016-DN-BX-0172

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$474,130

A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data

2016-DN-BX-0157

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$268,648

Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.

2016-DN-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$727,072

Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents

2016-DN-BX-0165

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$424,799

Fiscal Year 2015 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Fiscal Year 2014 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities

Date Published

December 2015

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

Identifying Missing Persons Through Legislation