Highlights

Applications for Graduate Research Fellowship funding are due December 15. Strengthen your dissertation research through stipend, tuition and research support.

Download the solicitations and apply.

Fiscal year 2016 will reflect some key shifts at NIJ. Our FY16 solicitations will be written to encourage more multidisciplinary research and partnerships. To plan ahead for these changes, read about our forthcoming solicitations.

The Reliability of Latent Print Examiners

Latent fingerprints are barely visible to the naked eye, but examiners are extremely accurate when making identifications. In a new video, an examiner with the Miami-Dade Police Department discusses research conducted with the department, and the successful process used.

Read the report.

Evaluating Response to Firearm Crimes in St. Louis

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In a new NIJ-supported project, the University of Missouri will work with the city of St. Louis to create an integrated database to track offender outcomes from arrest through sentencing. This database will be used to examine the enforcement of firearms crimes.

Learn more about this project.