NIJ FY06 Forensic Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents

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NIJ FY06 Forensic Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals in the form of concept papers for research and development to enhance methods and/or tools used in crime laboratories to conduct forensic analyses. This solicitation focuses on: 1. Faster, reliable, widely applicable, rugged, less costly, and/or less labor-intensive tools/technologies for the identification, collection, preservation, and/or analysis of forensic evidence. 2. Tools that provide a quantitative measure/statistical evaluation of forensic comparisons. 3. Identification or characterization of new analytes of forensic importance. Concept papers must be related to one of the following forensic research areas: Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology (including Death Investigations), Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents. Concept papers addressing other research areas will not be given further consideration.