Missing persons
Video: Upgrading the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: Introducing NamUs 2.0
Date Published
May 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
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
Development of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear STR and SNP Markers
2018-DU-BX-0183
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$696,362
Stable Isotope Analysis as a Geospatial Tool for Identification: Intra-Individual Isotopic Variability
2018-DU-BX-0217
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$570,624
Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition
2018-DU-BX-0215
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$642,979
Learning from Our Casework: The Forensic Anthropology Database for Assessing Methods Accuracy (FADAMA)
2018-DU-BX-0213
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$267,117
Better Forensic Markers: Microhaplotypes and Ancestry SNPs
2018-75-CX-0041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,083,499
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
2018
$5,000,000
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania
2017-IJ-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$41,856
DNA Analysis and the Postmortem Submersion Interval from the Microbiome of Waterlogged Skeletal Remains
2018-R2-CX-0016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$49,981
Upgrading the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: Introducing NamUs 2.0
May 2018
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) provides technology, forensic services and investigative support to resolve missing persons cases.
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Fiscal Year 2017 Funding for DNA Analysis, Capacity Enhancement, and Other Forensic Activities
Date Published
April 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
The Evolution Of SNPs As A Forensic Marker
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation's Missing
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
November 2017
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation’s Missing
Date Published
November 19, 2017
As NamUs nears its 10th anniversary, we reflect on the program’s history, successes, and continued commitment to helping families.
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
Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment
2017-IJ-CX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$46,155
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