Cornell University will receive $140,844 from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) for a project grant titled "Genetic Technology Development and International Security Efforts: Renewal." The funding period is from March 15, 2023 to October 31, 2024.
Under this award, Cornell University researchers will investigate the intersection of genomics and law through ethnographic research on a middle-income country's implementation of a 2015 law establishing a criminal DNA database. The project aims to examine how diverse stakeholders with varying expertise help transform genetic data into legally admissible evidence. It will support the training of two graduate students and further a previous grant's research on how use of genetic technologies in criminal law may influence experiences of citizenship and social understandings of science. Findings could inform global development of forensic DNA databases.
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