Project Grant 2020DQBX0042

The $150,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance supports the expansion of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner's (DMEC) accredited forensic pathology fellowship program. This funding will allow DMEC, one of the largest medical examiner's offices in the United States, to train an additional forensic pathology fellow in the 2024-2025 academic year. DMEC's fellowship program, which has trained over 60...

The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner will use $163,227 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program to train one additional forensic pathology fellow in 2022-23. The fellowship program, which trains forensic pathologists to perform autopsies and determine cause and manner of death, will provide the fellow...

The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant funds will support the NYC OCME's expansion of its forensic pathology fellowship training program by adding two additional fellowship positions for the 2022-2023 training class. The NYC...

The Milwaukee County Forensic Pathology Fellowship received a $100,000 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner - Coroner System program (CFDA 16.037) for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The grant aims to help address the shortage of board-certified forensic pathologists by funding a forensic pathology fellowship at the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office. The...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will provide $132,454 to the Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to train one forensic pathology fellow. The funding supports the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, which aims to foster the development of new knowledge and tools that can be applied to reduce crime and advance justice at the state...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.037 - Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System) provides $145,054 to the King County Medical Examiners Office (KCMEO) in Seattle, WA to fund a second position in their Forensic Pathology Fellowship Training Program. The goal of this award is to help address the national shortage of qualified forensic pathologists by training additional practitioners. KCMEO's program is accredited to...

The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (DC OCME) was awarded a $295,054 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (CFDA 16.037). The grant funding will be utilized to train two full-time forensic pathologist fellows at the DC OCME's ACGME-accredited Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program. Through this program, the fellows will receive comprehensive training in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award provides $170,000 to support a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship investigating how forensic anthropologists can align diverse cultural requirements for mortuary care with the application of medical and scientific forensic standards in post-atrocity contexts. The key research objectives are: 1) to explore the integration of qualitative data, such as oral histories and witness testimony,...

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) received a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The funding will expand the OCME's forensic pathology fellowship training program by adding two new fellowship positions for the 2024-2025 class. As a well-established training institution, the OCME has a strong track record of graduating...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $585,775 to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct research on how categorical forensic decisions can contribute to wrongful convictions. The 3-year project includes 5 experiments and a continuing legal education component aimed at improving communication between forensic experts and legal decision-makers. The research seeks to demonstrate whether an...