Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Program

Automation of Sexual Assault DNA Processing Increases Efficiency

Date Published

September 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

A Quantifiler™ Trio-based HRM Screening Assay for the Accurate Prediction of Single Source Versus Mixed Biological Samples

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Viability of Virtual Peer Review and Microscopic Verification versus Traditional On-site Review

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A quantitative reliability metric for querying large database

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

MPKin-YSTR: Interpretation of Y chromosome STR haplotypes for missing persons cases

Date Published

April 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Towards Commercialization: Preliminary Developmental Validation of a High Resolution Melt Curve Mixture Prediction Assay and SVM Tool

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Comparison to Conventional Screening Techniques

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex-Based Targeted Recovery of Cells in a Heterogeneous Mixture: Separating Male and Female Like-Cells

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A foundational study of fire debris interpretation using quantitative measures of chromatographic features in gasoline and the use of graphical display to demonstrate data sufficiency

Date Published

June 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Adaptation of the DNase I Procedure to the Biomek® NXP Robotic Platform for More Efficient and Automated Sexual Assault Sample Processing

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Interpretation of Y Chromosome STRs for Missing Persons Cases

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories

Closing Date

May 3, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

April 26, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 3, 2023

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects that will: 1) identify and inform the forensic community of best practices through the evaluation of existing laboratory protocols; and/or 2) have a direct and immediate impact on laboratory efficiency and assist in making laboratory policy decisions.