National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Searching for the Missing in a City of Millions
Date Published
May 19, 2019
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
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
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
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
Lost but Not Forgotten: Finding the Nation's Missing
Date Published
November 2017
Series
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
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
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
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.
Forensic Information Data Exchange and the Partnership Between Law Enforcement and Crime Laboratories - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
Date Published
June 2010
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Presentation (Multimedia),
Conference Material
Agencies
NIJ
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
Closing Date
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding 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 public with resolving missing and unidentified persons cases.
Currently in the United States, thousands of people are searching for those...
Fiscal Year 2012 Funding for DNA Analysis, Crime Laboratory Capacity Enhancement and Other Forensic Activities
Date Published
April 2014
Publication Type
Statistics,
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2010
Date Published
January 2010
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
2015-DN-BX-K070
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$2,238,750
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program
2011-MU-BX-K063
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$5,000,000
Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing: Identifying the Missing of Minnesota
2015-DN-BX-K039
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$133,434
Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
2015-DN-BX-K040
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$277,667
The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program
2015-DN-BX-K041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$386,537
NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
Closing Date
The goal of the “Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing” solicitation is threefold:
- 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 government to identify missing persons.
- Enter the resulting DNA profiles into the FBI’s National DNA Index System using the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) version 7.0...
NamUs: Investigative and Forensic Resources to Resolve Missing and Unidentified Person Cases
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program
2011-MU-BX-K063
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$3,750,000