Laboratory operations
Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) FY17
2016-MU-BX-K110
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2016
$4,999,804
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
Oregon's FY 2016 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program
2016-DN-BX-K012
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,040,188
Nevada SAFE-ITR SAK Tracking Project
2016-DN-BX-K011
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$523,268
The Evaluation of Alternative Sample Preparation Techniques for Use in Forensic Laboratories
2016-DN-BX-0192
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$787,719
A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas: Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute
2016-IJ-CX-0019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$235,794
Montana Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program
2016-DN-BX-K013
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$284,500
State of Georgia Sexual Assault Kit Tracking and Reporting Project
2016-DN-BX-K014
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,487,656
Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
Date Published
March 17, 2016
Many jurisdictions across the country are looking at the issue of sexual assault evidence that has not been submitted to a crime lab for testing
OSAC Public Status Reports & Open Discussion
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Meeting
Registration Status
Not Required
What Is a Sexual Assault Kit?
January 2016
NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, from the FBI Laboratory explain what a sexual assault kit is and how it is used as part of a sexual assault investigation.
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A Sexual Assault Kit Partnership
November 2015
NIJ Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Director Gerald LaPorte and Deputy Director Heather Waltke, along with Heather LaSalle, Forensic Examiner, DNA Casework Unit, and Tina Delgado, Chief, Biometrics Division from the FBI Laboratory discuss why the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership was created and how the partnership plans to shed light on the complexities of sexual assault cases, particularly kits that
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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
Michigan State Police DNA Arrestee Collection Project
2015-DN-BX-K075
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$338,134
FY2015 DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program - Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
2015-DN-BX-K074
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$338,322
Highly efficient sperm cell separation from sexual assault samples for DNA analysis using novel polymer filter technology
2015-DN-BX-K072
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$348,796
FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency
2015-DN-BX-0059
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$595,727
DNA Capacity and Backlog
2015-DN-BX-0118
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,450,000
Nebraska State Patrol - Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program - FY15
2015-CD-BX-0035
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$63,705