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 Sort ascending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2019	Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	GA	2019-R2-CX-0042	$86,428	Closed
2019	Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0037	$100,000	Closed
2019	Differentiating Abuse from Accident in Young Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Biomechanical Assessment of Fracture Risk	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-R2-CX-0038	$142,957	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-R2-CX-0045	$50,000	Closed
2019	Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0041	$99,618	Closed
2019	The Effects of Synthetic Cathinone Chirality on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics and Its Implications for Forensic Toxicology	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-R2-CX-0046	$149,960	Closed
2019	Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2019-R2-CX-0049	$150,000	Closed
2019	Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0044	$100,000	Closed
2019	Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS	TX	2019-R2-CX-0043	$50,000	Closed
2019	Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-R2-CX-0052	$150,000	Closed
2019	Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-R2-CX-0048	$146,805	Closed
2019	Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	2019-R2-CX-0051	$50,000	Closed
2019	Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2019-R2-CX-0035	$150,000	Closed
2019	Application of Particle-Correlated Raman Spectroscopy for the Forensic Examination of Soils	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN, INCORPORATED	CT	2019-DU-BX-0017	$686,336	Open
2019	Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	George Mason University	VA	2019-DU-BX-0011	$495,056	Closed
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	A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	HARRIS COUNTY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0022	$20,685	Closed
2019	Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	2019-DU-BX-0018	$583,545	Closed
2019	Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0027	$286,468	Closed
2019	Fast On-site Screening of Seized Drugs by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Tools: Identification of Fentanyl and Novel Psychoactive Substances	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0030	$267,438	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2019-DU-BX-0044	$783,744	Open
2019	Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-DU-BX-0029	$636,419	Closed
2019	Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Opioid Detection in Seized Substances	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0024	$365,101	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	Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2019-DU-BX-0021	$295,625	Closed