Four pilot research projects were funded in the 2004 grant program:

• Judicial Gatekeeping of Expert Future Dangerousness Predictions  Erica Beecher-Monas, JD, LLM, JSD, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
  This pilot study will assess the feasibility of research into judicial evaluations of expert testimony by examining three data collection strategies: 1) representative cases in which the issue of future dangerousness appears in the Westlaw database; 2) data from court files in Little Rock, AR and 3) a survey of experts who appeared in the cases examined.
• Daubert in the Law Office Herbert M. Kritzer, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  This observational study will illuminate how Daubert affects attorneys as they think about and discuss issues of scientific and expert evidence; assess potential experts; brief and prepare experts; work with outside consultants; and evaluate, depose, and challenge the opposing side’s experts. (Related article by same author)
• The Effects of the Daubert Trilogy in Delaware: A Preliminary Assessment
  Nicole L. Waters, PhD, National Center for State Courts
  The goal of this pilot is to examine the feasibility of collecting data that can illuminate how Daubert has altered the admission or exclusion of expert testimony by: a) assessing docket entry reports and case files and b) interviewing judges and attorneys who participated in the reviewed cases. Through questions posed in the judicial interviews, the pilot will also examine how Daubert has altered the way judges make decisions as "gatekeeper." Likewise, in questions posed to attorneys, the pilot will illuminate how the judicial application of Daubert impacts case outcomes and costs. Read the final report here.
• Does Frye or Daubert Matter?
  Albert H. Yoon, JD, PhD, Northwestern University Law School & Edward K. Cheng, JD, MSc, Brooklyn Law School (Results published in Virginia Law Review. 2005 April; 91(2))
  The objective of this study is to determine whether or not a state’s adoption of Frye or Daubert makes any practical difference in determining admissibility by analyzing removal rates in jurisdictions that adopted the Daubert standard compared with jurisdictions that continued using the Frye standard.

Read more:

Most recent Request for Proposals (now closed).

Read about the 2005 pilot projects.

Other research studies on Daubert.