Comparison of in-source collision-induced dissociation and beam-type collision-induced dissociation of emerging synthetic drugs
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research and development
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
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
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
Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings
Date Published
February 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Thermal and spectroscopic analysis of nitrated compounds and their break-down products using gas chromatography/vacuum UV spectroscopy (GC/VUV)
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Analysis of electrostatic coupling throughout the laboratory evolution of a designed retroaldolase
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Amino acid interactions that facilitate enzyme catalysis
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Detecting Chemical Vapor Diffusion through Firefighter Turnout Gear
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantification of Tool Markings
2004-IJ-R-088
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2004
$390,000
Method Development for Objective Physical Matching: Meeting Daubert
2005-IJ-R-051-3
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
$25,000
The Effects of Temperature on Blowfly Colonization of Decomposing Human Bodies
Date Published
January 11, 2022
Development of blowflies on a body is a standard forensic measure of time since death, but temperature variations can alter that development and mislead investigators.
U.S. National Footwear Database System Feasibility Study
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Supporting Evidence Collection in Sexual Assault Cases
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Date Published
January 2022
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
The development and validation of an algorithm to predict future depression onset in unselected youth
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Developmental consequences of emotional abuse and neglect in vulnerable adolescents: A multi-informant, multi-wave study
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
What if They Are All High-Risk for Attrition? Correlates of Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ Announces $4.5M in New Funding for the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
In January 2022, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, announced $4.5 million for two new awards under its Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) program. The FTCOE program serves as the bridge between NIJ’s investments in research and development and forensic science laboratories, particularly at the state and local levels, by helping to transition products from those investments into operational use. In...
Developmental Validation of a MPS Workflow with a PCR-Based Short Amplicon Whole Mitochondrial Genome Panel
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
An optimized method for sample collection, extraction, and analysis of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs from a non-porous surface
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored