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Grant Funding Opportunities in Forensic Science R&D at the National Institute of Justice
Monday, March 08, 2021: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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Description
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ’s Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences maintains a program of external funding for R&D in the forensic sciences. This program is a leading federal funder in this mission space, and the portfolio spans a broad range, from fundamental research, to development of prototype devices, to validation of novel instruments and methods.
Forensic science is a collection of applied disciplines that draws from all branches of science. Nevertheless, forensic scientists most often tend to be concerned with the detection, collection, separation, and analysis of biological and chemical samples. Because of the unique circumstances of forensic evidence, there is an ongoing need for these analyses to be done on ever smaller, degraded or mixed samples. Balancing that is the need to ensure that analytical methods applied to these challenging samples are objective, rigorously tested, and foundationally valid. These needs drive NIJ’s continuing R&D investments in analytical chemistry and bioanalytical science. Advances in mass spectrometry, separations, applied spectroscopy, microscopy and microfluidics, among others, have already yielded benefits for forensic application. NIJ anticipates continued interest in advancing these and other technologies. In this effort, NIJ strives to engage the analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy research community to bring novel perspectives to solving forensic problems.
An overview of NIJ’s R&D funding programs will be presented, with the objective of introducing the Pittcon audience to the available options for research support. These range from fellowship opportunities for students, to grant funding programs for basic research with potential for long term impact on forensic science, to applied research and development focused on immediately improving forensic practice.
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Keywords: Please select up to 4 keywords ONLY:
General Interest,Genomics, Proteomcs and Other 'Omics',Trace Analysis,Homeland Defense
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