Beginning in fiscal year 2011, the National Institute of Justices is no longer funding awards under this program.
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Description and Goals
The need for enhanced DNA laboratory capacity is critical to the ability of crime laboratories to meet the increased demand for DNA testing services. More law enforcement officers are realizing the importance of collecting, preserving, and submitting forensic evidence from both violent and nonviolent crime scenes, resulting in sharp increases in submissions of DNA evidence to the Nation's public crime laboratories.
Under this program, the National Institute of Justice is funding novel and innovative methodologies for improving the efficiency and capacity of public forensic DNA laboratories through the development and adoption of an improved laboratory process. NIJ's objective is to publish successful and carefully evaluated novel efficiency improvement methodologies as models to be considered by other forensic science laboratories.
Past Awards, Abstracts and Final Reports
Abstracts of awards:
| Year | Organization (final grant report if available) | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | City of Oakland | $114,600 |
| 2010 | City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | $62,334 |
| 2010 Total | $176,934 | |
| 2009 | City of Los Angeles Decrease the Number of Contract Laboratory Cases Awaiting Data Review While Improving DNA Analysis Efficiency (pdf, 66 pages) |
$246,549 |
| 2009 | County of Orange | $1,499,930 |
| 2009 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | $519,544 |
| 2009 | Massachusetts State Police* | $278,584 |
| 2009 | Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation | $23,783 |
| 2009 | University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth | $265,393 |
| 2009 | Wyoming Office of the Attorney General | $412,297 |
| 2009 Total | $3,246,080 | |
| 2008 | University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth Development of an Integrated Workflow from Laboratory Processing to Report Generation for mtDNA Haplotype Analysis (pdf, 145 pages) |
$601,632 |
| 2008 |
San Francisco Police Department* | $1,024,467 |
| 2008 | Louisiana State Police (Crime Lab) Increasing Efficiency of Forensic DNA Casework Using Lean Six Sigma Tools (pdf, 125 pages) |
$450,000 |
| 2008 | Board of Police Commissioners Increasing Efficiency through Restructuring the Processing of Known Standards (pdf, 56 pages) |
$90,000 |
| 2008 | Allegheny County, Fla. Streamlining the DNA Process through Implementation of Automation and Information Technologies (pdf, 269 pages) |
$382,309 |
| 2008 | County of Harris, Texas* | $504,000 |
| 2008 Total | $3,052,408 | |
| Program Total | $6,475,422 | |
Note
* These organizations were selected for an award; but either did not accept, or terminated their award and returned the awarded funds to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
