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: 7,390
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,827,360

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2018	ENHANCING FOUNDATIONAL VALIDITY OF FORENSIC FINDINGS IN MEDICO-LEGAL STRANGULATION EXAMINATIONS	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2018-VA-CX-0004	$726,344	Past Project Period End Date
2023	Analytical Challenges with Proliferating THC Analogues	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01421-COAP	$726,360	Open
2018	The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0180	$726,629	Closed
2016	Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-K001	$727,072	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Indiana State Police	IN	2015-DN-BX-0030	$728,110	Closed
2015	Cognitive Human Factors and Forensic Document Examiner Methods and Procedures	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Kentucky State University	KY	2015-DN-BX-K069	$728,615	Open
2006	DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement	State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General	OH	2006-DN-BX-K119	$728,911	Closed
2005	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Indiana State Police	IN	2005-DN-BX-K028	$728,970	Closed
2009	Provide Labs and Examiners a Capability to Match Infrared Images of Firing Pin Impressions, Deformed bullets matched to test fires, and the validated capability to match images to large data base.	NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals	SED Technology LLC	VA	2009-DN-BX-K262	$729,000	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program -- Harris County Medical Examiner's Office.	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	Harris County	TX	2009-DN-BX-K078	$729,354	Closed
2005	Increase availability of forensic training for accredited and nonaccredited laboratories in the state.	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	State of Texas	TX	2005-DN-BX-0103	$729,432	Closed
2016	The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel	Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	2016-IJ-CX-0014	$730,615	Closed
2023	A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes	NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB	$730,834	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2008	FY 2008 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police	NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Pennsylvania State Police	PA	2008-DN-BX-K003	$730,930	Closed
2017	Dynamic, Graph-Based Risk Assessments for the Detection of Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories Using Large Scale Social and Behavioral Data	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2017-ZA-CX-0002	$731,194	Closed
2020	Research and Development of a Rapid Approach for Identification of Calliphoridae Species Entomological Forensic Evidence Based on DART-HRMS-derived Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2020-MU-MU-0016	$731,306	Open
2011	Elder Abuse Computerized Decision Support System	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	Chestnut Health Systems	IL	2011-IJ-CX-0014	$731,748	Closed
2018	Investigative and Prosecutorial Strategies for Mitigating Pathways to Radicalization: Creation of a Federal Terrorism Court Record Repository	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	AR	2018-ZA-CX-0003	$731,927	Closed
2004	2004 No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004	South Carolina Law Enforcement Division	SC	2004-DN-BX-K047	$733,785	Closed
2016	Using Gatekeeper Training as a CVE Tool: Replication and Evaluation of a Gatekeeper Program in Prince George's County	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs	Analytic Services Inc.(ANSER)	VA	2016-ZA-BX-K003	$733,928	Closed
2007	Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	New York State Police	NY	2007-DN-BX-K084	$734,235	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program - Michigan State Police	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Michigan	MI	2010-CD-BX-0022	$735,492	Closed
2004	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04	North Carolina Department of Crime Control And Public Safety	NC	2004-DN-BX-K168	$736,823	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Convicted Offender and /or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Kansas Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Kansas Bureau of Investigation	KS	2009-DN-BX-K037	$736,867	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