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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.

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2004 Title:The Chicago Internet Experiment
Federal Agency: National Institute of Justice
Fiscal Year: July 1 through June 30 		Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2004-IJ-CX-0021 $298,644 Closed
2015 To conduct this research, we will survey public state and federal adult prisons. The purpose of the survey is two-fold. First, it will provide us with needed descriptive information regarding the type NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $30,000 Closed
2003 To develop a comprehensive suite of "new technology" standards for interoperable communications network for land mobile communications at the local, state and federal governmental levels of public saf National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL INC FL 1997-LB-VX-K002 $200,000 Closed
2004 To Develop a Comprehensive suite of (new Technolgy) standards for interoperable communications networks for land mobile communications at the local, state and federal governmental levels of Public Saf National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL INC FL 1997-LB-VX-K002 $200,000 Closed
2007 To Develop a Comprehensive Suite of (New Technology) Standards for Interoperable Communications Networks for Land Mobile Communications National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL INC FL 2005-IJ-CX-K026 $225,000 Closed
2005 To develop a comprehensive Suite of New Technology standards for interoperable communications network for land mobile communictions at the local, state and federal governmental levels of public safety NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL INC FL 2005-IJ-CX-K026 $225,000 Closed
2005 To enhance the basic forensic capabilities of the City of Rogers Police Department in evidence recovery and processing, which will in turn reduce the evidence backlog and improve the quality and timel Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Rogers AR 2005-DN-BX-0120 $28,191 Closed
2004 To increase the capacity the SEMO Regional Crime Lab to meet DAB guidelines for DNA analysis. DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Southeast Missouri State University MO 2004-DN-BX-K177 $34,151 Closed
2005 To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODIS NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $1,484,782 Closed
2009 To Support a Training Initiative for Personnel in the Area of Computer Crime Investigations NIJ FY09 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2009-IJ-CX-K011 $825,000 Closed
2018 To Understand the Role of Trauma, Exposure to Violence, and Retraumatization for Justice Involved Youth, Particularly for Clients Who Identify As LGBTQI or GNC Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Hennepin County MN 2016-MU-MU-0066 $60,379 Closed
2007 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Louisiana State University and A and M College LA 2007-DN-BX-K146 $580,337 Closed
2010 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2010-DN-BX-K190 $999,825 Closed
2022 Touch DNA in Activity-Level Propositions: A Bullpen of Events to Inform Alternate Prosecution and Defense Scenarios NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04425-DNAX $272,533 Open
2007 Touchless Ten Printer National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards TBS North America Inc. VA 2005-IJ-CX-K071 $678,959 Closed
2019 Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-DU-BX-0003 $399,699 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Towards Understanding Deradicalization in the U.S.: A Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of Parents for Peace Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02724-DOMR $472,168 Open
2017 Toxicological Time Travel: Retrospective Datamining of Analytical Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Data for Evaluating the Rise and Fall of Novel Opioid and Fentanyl Analog Use in the United States NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-DN-BX-0169 $499,005 Closed
2015 Toxicology laboratory improvement for quality and timeliness of services in El Paso County, specifically related to death cases involving forensic alcohol analysis. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program El Paso County CO 2015-CD-BX-0046 $63,753 Closed
2006 Toxicology Laboratory Improvement Project NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Hillsborough County FL 2006-DN-BX-0046 $95,000 Closed
2004 Toxicology Laboratory Improvement Project.
Does not involve private persons & will not collect information identifiable to a private person. 		PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Hillsborough County FL 2004-DN-BX-0177 $72,423 Closed
2010 Trace DNA from Fingernails: Increasing the SuccessRate of Widely Collected Forensic Evidence NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development Michigan State University MI 2010-DN-BX-K224 $132,046 Closed
2020 Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 JENSEN HUGHES, INC. MD 2020-DQ-BX-0029 $270,000 Closed
2017 Tracking Sexual Assault Kits in Iowa NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) Iowa Department of Justice IA 2017-MU-BX-0133 $796,985 Open
2001 Trafficking in Persons in the U.S. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Croft Institute for International Studies MS 2001-IJ-CX-0027 $199,395 Closed