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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

Number of Awards: 7,469
Total Amount Awarded: $3,953,941,280

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Tennessee's FFY 2015 DBRG Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2015-DN-BX-0116 $2,162,375 Closed
2015 Testing and Evaluating Body Worn Video Technology in the Los Angeles Police Department NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Los Angeles Police Foundation CA 2014-R2-CX-0101 $938,700 Closed
2015 The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-IJ-CX-K006 $333,582 Closed
2015 The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications University of Maryland MD 2012-R2-CX-4017 $63,818 Closed
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2015 The FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program for Anoka County - Tri County Regional Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Anoka County of MN 2015-DN-BX-0023 $55,500 Closed
2015 The Health Care Cost of Elder Abuse: An Analysis of Medicare, Medicaid, and Adult Protective Services Data in Maine, 2006 through 2014 NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals University of Southern Maine ME 2015-ZD-CX-0003 $328,940 Closed
2015 The Implementation of a Forensic Workstation Increases the Timeliness and Efficiency of Evidence Processing in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Dinwiddie VA 2015-CD-BX-0050 $23,183 Closed
2015 The Philadelphia Police Department, Office of Forensic Science, Criminalistics Unit Reduction of Forensic Biology and DNA Case Backlog Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2015-DN-BX-0033 $966,068 Closed
2015 The Prevalence and Nature of Intra- and Inter-group Violence In an Era of Social and Demographic Change NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Arkansas AR 2015-R2-CX-0046 $39,895 Closed
2015 The WI Department of Justice, Crime Laboratory Bureau (WI-DOJ CLB) is applying for the 2015 Paul Coverdell Grant to improve the quality and timeliness of forenisc science and medical examiner services NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2015-CD-BX-0047 $137,241 Closed
2015 To conduct this research, we will survey public state and federal adult prisons. The purpose of the survey is two-fold. First, it will provide us with needed descriptive information regarding the type NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $30,000 Closed
2015 Toxicology laboratory improvement for quality and timeliness of services in El Paso County, specifically related to death cases involving forensic alcohol analysis. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program El Paso County CO 2015-CD-BX-0046 $63,753 Closed
2015 Trauma-Informed Approaches to Improve School Safety NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, THE LA 2015-CK-BX-0020 $2,662,969 Closed
2015 Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-K038 $400,265 Closed
2015 UMSL Comprehensive School Safety Initiative NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM MO 2015-CK-BX-0021 $1,603,690 Closed
2015 Understanding Arrest Data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana IL 2015-R2-CX-0047 $39,973 Closed
2015 Understanding the Impact of School Safety on the High School Transition Experience: From Etiology to Prevention NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Michigan State University MI 2015-CK-BX-0003 $849,281 Closed
2015 Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-VF-GX-K031 $1,500,000 Closed
2015 Use of Genetically Variant Peptides to Statistically Estimate the Genetic Background of Hair Shafts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2015-DN-BX-K065 $397,337 Closed
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 2015-DN-BX-K038 $320,561 Closed
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K040 $277,667 Closed
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing: Identifying the Missing of Minnesota NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing MN Dept. of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension MN 2015-DN-BX-K039 $133,434 Closed
2015 Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Children''s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland CA 2015-DN-BX-K053 $758,184 Closed
2015 Validation of Illumina's MiSeq FGx NGS Platform for Transition to Casework NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K005 $150,000 Closed