Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations
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CFDA
16.560
Contact Information
Danielle McLeod-Henning, 202-353-3812; danielle.mcleod-henning@usdoj.gov
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Department
Eligiblity
State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education
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None
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Programe Purpose
To support research that focuses on new or improved forensic tools and technologies that will allow for the detection and identification of evidence at a crime scene; tools and technologies to assist the forensic pathologist and medicolegal death investigator in determining the cause and manner of death; research and development into the use of forensic virtual autopsy as a tool in post-mortem examination; studies in forensic taphonomy to better estimate time since death; research into the cause and manner of suspicious pediatric deaths; forensic studies on the physics of wounding as related to trauma analysis; and updated forensic morphometric standards to better assess the biological profile of unidentified human remains
