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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: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K068 $719,633 Closed
2015 Development of SERS-active forensic evidence swabs for rapid, non-destructive confirmatory serological screening and STR typing of human bodily fluids NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Western Carolina University NC 2015-NE-BX-K003 $346,740 Closed
2015 Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0010 $50,000 Closed
2015 DNA Backlog Reduction and Capacity Enhancement FY15 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Montgomery County OH 2015-DN-BX-0109 $212,261 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity and Backlog NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-0118 $1,450,000 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc TX 2015-DN-BX-0072 $1,172,752 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement & Backlog Reduction Program - St. Charles County NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program St. Charles County MO 2015-DN-BX-0035 $76,500 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2015-DN-BX-0108 $1,275,624 Closed
2015 DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0012 $49,994 Closed
2015 Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Phase II NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $536,941 Closed
2015 Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2015 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2012-DN-BX-K821 $305,965 Closed
2015 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $45,863 Closed
2015 Enhanced Capacity in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory (MCL) DNA Analysis Unit through Personnel and Supplies NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-DN-BX-0025 $127,190 Closed
2015 Enhancement of the Forensic Biology Lab of the York County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of York SC 2015-DN-BX-0100 $100,000 Closed
2015 Enhancing Mixture Interpretation with Highly Informative STRs NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K067 $585,415 Closed
2015 Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through High Throughout Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K017 $712,168 Closed
2015 Establishing a NationalInstitute of JusticeResearch, Test, andEvaluation Center:Continuation NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Johns Hopkins University MD 2013-MU-CX-K111 $3,771,000 Closed
2015 Evaluating Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT) to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Reduction Urban Institute DC 2015-R2-CX-K147 $622,432 Closed
2015 Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool. NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence Washington State Patrol WA 2015-DN-BX-K055 $150,000 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Efficiency of the Use of the Qiagen® QIAsymphony® with High Throughput Y-screening as an Alternative to Conventional Serology NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2015-R2-CX-K039 $154,577 Closed
2015 Evaluating the law enforcement, prosecutor, and court response to firearm-related crimes in St. Louis NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL MO 2015-IJ-CX-0015 $564,773 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $936,571 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Skin Microbiome ad Trace Evidence NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2014-R2-CX-K411 $637,942 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Use and Impact of Video Analytics to Enhance Law Enforcement Surveillance Systems NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes Urban Institute DC 2015-R2-CX-K002 $1,199,947 Closed