Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Development of SERS-active forensic evidence swabs for rapid, non-destructive confirmatory serological screening and STR typing of human bodily fluids
Strengthening the evaluation and interpretation of glass evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS)
Construction of the Forensic Microbiome Database with Enhanced GeoSourcing
Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture
Front End Separation of Compromised Blood Mixtures for Single Source DNA Profiling
Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices
Intra-Bone Variation of Recoverable Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Human Skeletal Material
Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue
Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure
Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice
Evaluating the Efficiency of the Use of the Qiagen® QIAsymphony® with High Throughput Y-screening as an Alternative to Conventional Serology
Automation of Differential Extraction with Sperm Quantitation usingMicrofluidic-Integrated Shadow Imaging System for Forensic Applications
Preventing Hydrolytic and Oxidative Damage to Biological Evidence with Antioxidants and Chelators
Photo-dissolvable Swabs for Improved Recovery of Forensic Samples
An Interactive Morphological Database for Estimating Sex in Modern Adults
An automated dielectrophoretic-based single cell separation technique to improve laboratory efficiency, mixture deconvolution and combat sample inhibition
Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes
Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation and Use
Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for basic or applied research and development projects that will: (1) increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice or (2) result in the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods that have the potential for forensic application. The intent of this program is to direct the findings of basic scientific research...