Monitoring activities

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $1.9 million in funding to support five new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its forensic science research funding, NIJ continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the community of practice through identification of the most efficient...

NIJ’s research and development process helps ensure that projects are relevant to the field and produce valid, actionable results. The process typically includes:

Throughout this process, we follow widely accepted scientific processes and procedures to help ensure the validity and integrity of our research.