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The Virginia Department of Health's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). The grant will fund the Virginia Unidentified Project, which aims to investigate and identify approximately 200 unidentified human remains cases under the Office's jurisdiction. Key activities include exhuming buried remains,...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050) will fund a statewide initiative in Pennsylvania to reduce the number of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases. The key products and services to be delivered include: Surveying county and state agencies to inventory MP and UHR cases, assess case status and needs, and prioritize...

The Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA #16.050). The grant will fund initiatives to improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases within Coconino County, Arizona, and on tribal lands such as the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. Key activities...

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050) to enhance identification efforts for long-term unidentified persons (UP) cases in New York City. The funding will enable the NYC OCME to compile case information, update relevant databases, employ advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic...

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 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) was awarded a $999,558 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044) to close cold, unidentified persons cases. The primary activities include conducting inventory, anthropological analyses, and DNA analyses, including forensic genetic genealogy, on 198-205 cold cases with human remains stored at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The project aims to...

The Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office received a $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). The purpose of this 3-year grant is to conduct DNA analyses of 22 unidentified persons under the medical examiner's care, collect 15 familial reference samples from the local community, and coordinate with consulates to obtain up to 225 familial reference...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044) funds a two-year research project to examine the forensic accuracy and reliability of three geophysical methods - ground penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic conductivity (EM), and magnetometry - in the search for clandestine burials. The project, conducted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, aims to provide law enforcement agencies with...

The Kentucky Department of State Police (KSP) was awarded a $832,443 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044). The grant will support KSP's efforts to expand its Missing Persons (MP) and Unidentified Human Remains (UHR) program, which provides DNA analysis and identification services to over 400 law enforcement agencies across Kentucky. Key objectives include implementing Rapid DNA analysis for in-house...

The Tarrant County Medical Examiners Office (TCME) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050). This 3-year grant, commencing on October 1, 2023, will fund initiatives to improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases within TCME's jurisdiction of Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, and Parker...