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 Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Cost-effective Printed Microfluidic Devices for RapidScreening of Narcotics and Explosives at the Point ofInterdiction	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	VA	2015-R2-CX-0033	$45,962	Closed
2017	Coupling Gas Chromatography (GC) and Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0018	$370,180	Closed
2017	Coupling Raman Spectroscopy with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry for On-site, High-Throughput Evidence Confirmation on a Single Instrumental Platform	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2017-R2-CX-0022	$298,100	Closed
2017	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	OH	2017-DN-BX-0168	$975,401	Closed
2017	Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2017	Deep Learning and Its Application to Forensic Data	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of U. at Buffalo	NY	2017-MU-CX-0010	$44,348	Closed
2017	Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, THE	TX	2017-VF-GX-0001	$271,822	Closed
2017	Defining the Impact of Stress and Traumatic Events on Correctional Officers	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	OR	2017-R2-CX-0036	$737,995	Closed
2017	DeGrade It	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Dartmouth College	NH	2016-R2-CX-0012	$49,511	Closed
2017	Delaware Opiate Metric Intelligence Project	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE	DE	2017-IJ-CX-0016	$588,717	Closed
2017	Determination of Key Factors in Particle Combination Analysis to Enable Systematic Improvement, Optimization and Transition to Practice	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	STONEY FORENSIC, INC.	VA	2017-IJ-CX-0030	$951,264	Closed
2017	Developing a Taxonomy To Understand and Measure Outcomes of Success in Community-Based Elder Mistreatment Interventions	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals	WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY	NY	2017-VF-GX-0002	$499,982	Closed
2017	Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	The Research Foundation for the State University of New York	NY	2016-DN-BX-0011	$49,788	Closed
2017	Developing SPLiT-Seq: A Massively Parallel Sequencing Method to Remove PCR Artifacts for Forensic STR Genotyping	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2017-DN-BX-0160	$509,728	Closed
2017	Development and Application of Small-molecule Spatial Distribution Imaging: Laser Ablation Direct Analysis in Real Time Imaging-Mass Spectrometry (LADI-MS)	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The State University of New York, University at Albany	NY	2017-R2-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development and evaluation of miRNA panels for body fluid identification using capillary electrophoresis and massively parallel sequencing methods	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2016-DN-BX-0001	$49,987	Open
2017	Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0023	$496,976	Closed
2017	Development of a comprehensive genetic tool for identification of Cannabis sativa samples for forensic and intelligence purposes	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0030	$48,907	Closed
2017	Development of a Forensic Quality Mitogenome Haplotype Database from 5000 High Quality Samples Using Next-Generation Sequencing Methods	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory		DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0219	$469,083	Open
2017	Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2017-DN-BX-0134	$556,910	Closed
2017	Development of Advanced Computation and Geographic Visualization Methods for Geospatial and Temporal Strategic Risk Assessment of Crime	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION	CA	2016-R2-CX-0020	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0004	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development of Matrix Matched Quality Control Materials and Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of Marijuana Infused Products and their Application to Edible Testing	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2017-R2-CX-0029	$215,830	Closed
2017	Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno	NV	2015-DN-BX-K409	$404,255	Open
2017	Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-DN-BX-0167	$628,327	Closed