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Global spatial distributions of nitrogen and carbon stable isotope ratios of modern human hair

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes

Closing Date

May 9, 2022

Grants.gov Deadline

May 2, 2022

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 9, 2022

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous basic or applied research and development projects. An NIJ forensic science research and development grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project that will increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice; or lead to the production of useful material(s), device(s), system(s), or method(s) that have the potential for forensic application.

Testing the Accuracy and Reliability of Palmar Friction Ridge Comparisons: A Black Box Study

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Intersection of the Genetic Architectures of Orofacial Clefts and Normal Facial Variation

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Insights into the genetic architecture of the human face

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

3D facial phenotyping by biometric sibling matching used in contemporary genomic methodologies

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Repository of Antemortem Injury Response (REPAIR): an online database for skeletal injuries of known ages

Date Published

January 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Transmission Infrared Microscopy and Machine Learning Applied to the Forensic Examination of Original Automotive Paint

Date Published

December 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Study Reports Error Rates for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

How Things Burn: Developing Realistic Models of How Materials Combust and Degrade in a Fire

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Crime Scene Documentation: Weighing the Merits of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning

Date Published

January 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Standardizing ordinal subadult age indicators: Testing for observer agreement and consistency across modalities

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Detecting Chemical Vapor Diffusion through Firefighter Turnout Gear

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project

DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$475,000

Forensic STR Sequencing Nomenclature Resource

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0004

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$541,034

Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,450,809

Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$463,932

Modeling allelic analyte signals for aSTRs in NGS DNA profiles

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The impact of correlations between pigmentation phenotypes and underlying genotypes on genetic prediction of pigmentation traits

Date Published

January 2021

Publication Type

Research Paper

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Results of the 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy Error Rate (VCMER) Study for firearm forensics

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comparison between visual assessments and different variants of linear discriminant analysis to the classification of Raman patterns of inkjet printer inks

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Are low LRs reliable?

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research Paper

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Determination of Time since Deposition of Fingerprints via Colorimetric Assays

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Rapid, in situ detection of chemical warfare agent simulants and hydrolysis products in bulk soils by low-cost 3D-printed cone spray ionization mass spectrometry dagger

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Probabilistic interpretation of the Amelogenin locus

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored