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

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Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)

2019-NE-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$250,000

Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool

2019-DU-BX-0003

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$399,699

Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing

2019-NE-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$250,636

Establishing Sufficiency Thresholds for Assessing the Quality of Mass Spectral Data

2018-DU-BX-0184

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$282,703

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 Resol

2018-DU-BX-0168

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$448,063

A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY

2018-DU-BX-0174

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$176,490

Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework

2018-DU-BX-0166

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$390,646

Increasing Safety, Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity of Controlled Substance Analysis

2018-DU-BX-0165

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$299,234

Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community

2016-DN-BX-K006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$319,850

Evaluation of Peer Review and Verification Processes

2016-DN-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$78,670

Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office

2016-DN-BX-K002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$619,325

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.

2016-DN-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$727,072

Assessing Cognitive Bias, Method Validation, and Equipment Performance for theForensic Anthropology Laboratory

2016-DN-BX-K003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$114,106

Evaluation of an Emerging Automated Searching Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Latent Print Comparisons

2016-DN-BX-K004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$216,225

Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool.

2015-DN-BX-K055

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$150,000

Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation

2015-DN-BX-K027

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$140,949

Optimized, Semi-Automated Differential DNA Extraction (Denver PD Crime Laboratory)

2015-NE-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$51,699

Optimal Extraction Methods of THC from Infused Products (Denver PD)

2015-DN-BX-K028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$138,466

Validation of Illumina's MiSeq FGx NGS Platform for Transition to Casework

2015-DN-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$150,000

Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories

2015-DN-BX-K008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$149,504

Improving the Sexual Assault Workflow - Efficient Sample Selection and Data Interpretation

2015-NE-BX-K004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$148,282