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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.
Description

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

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE NM 2016-DN-BX-0144 $702,654 Closed
2016 File Toolkit for Selective Analysis & Reconstruction (File TSAR) for Large Scale Computer Networks Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Purdue University IN 2016-MU-MU-K091 $487,440 Closed
2016 Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Northwestern University IL 2016-R2-CX-0039 $425,000 Open
2016 Firearm Toolmark Population Statistics for Objective Identification and Error Rate Estimation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2016-DNR-6257-1 $367,863 Closed
2016 Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES CA 2016-DN-BX-0159 $866,896 Past Project Period End Date
2016 Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0151 $443,598 Closed
2016 Forensic Chemistry of Substituted N-Benzylmethoxy (N-BOMe) Phenethylamines: Isomeric Designer Drugs Related to 25I-N-BOMe Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Auburn University AL 2016-DN-BX-0175 $215,000 Closed
2016 Forensic Investigation of Bloodstains Using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: species differentiation, kinetic changes, donor age, and potential false positives Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2015-R2-CX-0021 $49,993 Closed
2016 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) FY17 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2016-MU-BX-K110 $4,999,804 Past Project Period End Date
2016 Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics Office of Science and Technology Continuations AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED DC 2016-IJ-CX-0112 $50,000 Closed
2016 Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2015-R2-CX-0019 $46,083 Closed
2016 Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2016-R2-CX-0006 $32,000 Closed
2016 FY16 Visiting Fellows Program: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women Visiting Fellows Program (original) University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2016-R2-CX-K002 $236,958 Closed
2016 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $376,904 Closed
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid OnsiteScreening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biologicalsamples Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Low-cost Handheld Spectrometer and Cloud- Based Data Analysis for Improved Identification of Substances of Abuse Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-0035 $50,000 Closed
2016 Habitat Specialization and the Evolution of Dispersal Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Colorado CO 2016-DN-BX-0194 $684,273 Closed
2016 High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-DN-BX-0153 $397,643 Closed
2016 Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2016-DN-BX-0165 $424,799 Closed
2016 ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2016-DN-BX-0179 $327,372 Closed
2016 Identification of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel candidate trigger for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY NY 2016-DN-BX-0176 $546,721 Closed
2016 Identifying and Embedding Brokers into a Multi-tiered System of Services to Reduce the Bystander Effect Leading to a Reduction in School Violence Comprehensive School Safety Initiative CAMPBELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION KY 2016-CK-BX-0009 $4,866,107 Closed
2016 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs Year 4 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2013-MU-CX-K003 $1,499,995 Closed
2016 Impact of Victim Offender Dialogue on Victims of Serious Crimes: A Longitudinal Cohort-Control Study Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2016-VF-GX-0011 $653,159 Closed
2016 Impacts of Social Proximity to Bias Crime among Compact of Free Association (COFA)-migrants in Hawaii Research on Bias Crimes University of Hawaii HI 2016-VF-GX-0002 $382,782 Closed