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.

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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

Number of Awards: 7,383
Total Amount Awarded: $3,910,663,426

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2019	Fluid Dynamic Studies of Bloody Fingermarks	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2019-75-CX-0018	$159,122	Closed
2019	Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2019-R2-CX-0039	$150,000	Closed
2019	Forensic Evidence from Chemical Imaging of Triacylglycerols in Latent Fingerprints	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2019-DU-BX-0134	$516,836	Closed
2019	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) FY17	NIJ FY19 Continuations	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2016-MU-BX-K110	$5,025,853	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Formative Evaluation of a City-Wide Hospital-Based Victims Services Intervention in Chicago	Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2019-V3-GX-0004	$493,017	Closed
2019	Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program	Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE	PA	2019-V3-GX-0003	$678,752	Closed
2019	Funding to Support the Host Organization for the Independent Review Committee Authorized by the First Step Act	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019	HUDSON INSTITUTE, INC.	DC	2019-75-CX-0002	$1,500,000	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics	NIJ FY19 Continuations	AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED	DC	2016-IJ-CX-0112	$46,100	Closed
2019	Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0013	$279,983	Closed
2019	Grooming Traffickers: Investigating the Techniques and Mechanisms for Seducing and Coercing New Traffickers	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL	MA	2019-R2-CX-0067	$499,796	Closed
2019	Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0025	$808,296	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	FL	2019-DU-BX-0031	$536,181	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Identification and Analysis of Body Fluid Traces Using ATR FT-IR Spectroscopy	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2017-R2-CX-0006	$49,997	Closed
2019	Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2017-R2-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2019	Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	2019-DU-BX-0020	$412,100	Closed
2019	Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0019	$212,738	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners	Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0015	$114,540	Closed
2019	Improving Identification, Prevalence Estimation, and Earlier Intervention for Victims of Labor and Sex Trafficking	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL	MA	2019-VT-BX-0037	$499,483	Closed
2019	Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation	Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-75-CX-0010	$497,208	Closed
2019	Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.	VA	2019-DU-BX-0009	$453,146	Closed
2019	Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-NE-BX-0008	$398,719	Closed
2019	Improving the Investigation, Clearance Rates, and Victim Restoration of Robberies: A Randomized Controlled Experiment	Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-R2-CX-0024	$548,246	Closed
2019	Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2019-R2-CX-0003	$955,475	Closed
2019	Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment	Research into Desistance from Crime, FY 2019	RAND CORP	CA	2019-R2-CX-0031	$599,510	Closed
2019	Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City	NIJ FY19 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-R2-CX-0012	$737,561	Past Project Period End Date