NIJ Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
Funds forensic laboratory research evaluating physical evidence methods.
The National Institute of Justice administers this FY25 grant NOFO for research and evaluation on testing and interpretation of physical evidence in publicly funded forensic laboratories. This NOFO provides USD 1.5 million in total funding across up to seven awards.
For-profit organizations, including small businesses, are eligible to apply directly, along with governments, universities, nonprofi…
Research and evaluation studies on physical evidence examination and interpretation in publicly funded forensic laboratories, including existing laboratory protocols, emerging methods, analytical data criteria, controlled substance testing, verification programs, software, and DNA-mixture interpretation.
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