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 descending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2016	Implications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanned Images for the Criminal Justice System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0177	$160,300	Closed
2016	Improved Detection of Kratom Alkalids in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2016-DN-BX-0006	$47,186	Closed
2016	Improved sample collection and preservation of DNA from decomposing human remains; A direct PCR approach for faster disaster victim identification (DVI)	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0029	$46,008	Closed
2016	Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-0173	$714,891	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$49,045	Closed
2016	Incorporating Graph-based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition	Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Michigan State University	MI	2015-R2-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed