NIJ FY 09 Research and Development on Impression Evidence

Post Date

November 13th 2008

Application Due Date

December 29th 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2009-1939

CFDA Number(s)

16.560

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

100

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits applications to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research and development to enhance crime laboratories’ ability to identify, characterize, capture, visualize, and preserve impression evidence. This solicitation focuses on: • Tools and technologies that will allow faster, more widely applicable, more rugged, less costly, or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation, and analysis of impression evidence at the crime scene or crime laboratory. • Tools that provide a quantitative measure or statistical evaluation of forensic comparisons. • The effect of time and environmental factors on impression evidence. • The unique forensic characteristics found in impression evidence. Note: Impression evidence primarily includes (but is not limited to) firearm and tool marks, footwear impressions, tire impressions, bite marks, and friction ridges. In addition, NIJ seeks proposals for an innovative and cost-effective approach to capturing and comparing ballistic images, for potential use to improve the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting the application, call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1–800–518–4726 or send an e-mail to support@grants.gov.; For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Lois Tully, Deputy Chief, Investigative and Forensic Sciences Division

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Point of Contact E-mail Address.

• Agency Email Address:

  lois.tully@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  Link to solicitation document.