NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA

Post Date

December 9th 2008

Application Due Date

January 23rd 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2009-1941

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. NIJ seeks applications from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate “violent crime cold cases” that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis and to locate and analyze biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated inconclusive DNA results may now be successfully analyzed using newer methods. For the purposes of this announcement: “violent crime cold case” refers to any unsolved UCR Part 1 Violent Crime case for which all significant investigative leads have been exhausted.

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 Charles Heurich, the program manager, at 202-616-9264 or charles.heuri

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency point of contact e-mail address.

• Agency Email Address:

  charles.heurich@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  Link to solicitation document.