Improve the selection of fingerprint examiners for law enforcement agencies by adapting and evaluating a cognitive assessment deployed in other countries
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 60NANB25D175
- Recipient
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The University Of Queensland UEI C13XVQRKLNC6
- Awarding agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Obligated
- $99,038
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 11.620 Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach
- Completion date 53% complete
- Place of performance
- Australia
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Description
- Activities
- The goals of the project will be achieved by working with subject matter experts to define and implement a strategy for sourcing or developing appropriate, secure, and operationally relevant fingerprint stimuli. After material development the team will work on adaption and delivery format of the XQ framework, data collection and analysis, and reporting on methodology, adaptation process, data analysis, and key findings.
- Expected outcomes
- Adaption of the XQ framework for the US federal law enforcement fingerprint examiner with documentation with specifications for curating stimulus sets, task instructions, validated delivery format, and scoring guidelines.
- Intended beneficiaries
- The federal bureau of investigation laboratory division would be the primary end-user of the adapted tool. A direct and major impact will be providing the FBI with an evidence base that can help them improve examiner selection. IT will also benefit FBI partners in other federal, state, and local law enforcement forensic science laboratories.
- Subrecipient activities
- The university of adelaide: simulus selection criteria, development of delivery format, validation of delivery formatmurdoch university: statistical methodology for validation, performance analysis, data interpretation, preparation of technical reports, administrative aspects.
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Who received award 60NANB25D175?
60NANB25D175 was awarded to The University Of Queensland by National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) on October 1, 2025.
How much is award 60NANB25D175 worth?
$99,038 has been obligated on 60NANB25D175.
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