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This federal Project Grant award of $266,569.00 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program (CFDA 16.742) will enable the City of Phoenix Police Department to acquire critical forensic photography equipment and upgrade its crime scene documentation capabilities. Specifically, the grant will fund the purchase of a Gel Lift Scanner Forensic Photography (GLSCAN FP) imaging system and full-frame mirrorless camera setups to replace...

This federal Project Grant award of $341,502 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CSR: MEDIUM: DISCO: DISCIPLINED DATA SCIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR STORAGE I/O MANAGEMENT" project at the University of Chicago. The project aims to develop a comprehensive data science pipeline to enhance storage input/output (I/O) decision-making processes, targeting both classical...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support research to develop efficient ways to enlarge practical DNA storage capacity by integrating bio-computer technologies. Led by researchers at the University of Minnesota, the interdisciplinary team will investigate approaches to improve the scalability of DNA storage, including identifying more...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Notre Dame a $500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support the NDSTORE data storage project from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. NDSTORE will provide the University of Notre Dame with 2 petabytes of additional storage capacity for long-term data preservation and curation as well as 250 terabytes of fast scratch storage optimized for machine learning...

This $241,188 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to develop new algorithms, architectures, and system management solutions for DNA-based digital data storage. The goal is to improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of DNA storage systems, which have the potential to preserve digital data for centuries. Key...

This Project Grant award of $1,023,689.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820) will enable the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) in Middletown, Connecticut to modernize their record and evidence management systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Comprehensive inventory and electronic cataloging of ~40,000 case files and biological evidence dating...

This two-year, $500,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support Duke University in developing the Flexible Affordable Scalable Technology for Research Storage system. Commonly known as FAST, this shared research storage system utilizes commodity data center hardware and open source Ceph software to provide flexible, high-performance, and...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) was awarded $999,998 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation grant program (CFDA 16.835) to migrate approximately 20 terabytes of digital evidence and associated metadata from its existing Digital Evidence Management System into its body-worn video cloud storage platform. This data consolidation effort will increase accessibility for SPD investigators and facilitate...

The Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc. (HFSC) received a $527,090 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.741 - DNA Backlog Reduction Program) to improve DNA casework efficiency and capacity at the extraction phase of its workflow. The funding will be used to replace HFSC's existing QIAcube and EZ1 instruments with newer QIAcube Connect and EZ2 technology. This upgrade is expected to prevent issues from occurring once vendor support is...

The City of Los Angeles Police Department will receive $1 million under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a comprehensive digital evidence management system and implement evidence retention procedures. Funded through the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835), the project aims to more efficiently share body worn camera and in-car video footage between law enforcement and...