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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
2011 Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Tennessee TN 2011-DN-BX-K537 $514,495 Closed
2008 Improving Facial Reproduction Using Empericial Modeling NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals University of Tennessee TN 2008-DN-BX-K183 $107,099 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Tennessee Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program State of Tennessee TN 2009-DN-BX-K077 $465,570 Closed
2010 Knox County Forensics Enhancement Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Knox County Sheriff''s Office TN 2010-CD-BX-0084 $174,828 Closed
2008 ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE WILLIAM BASS DONATED SKELETAL COLLECTION AND OTHER MODERN DONATED COLLECTIONS NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Unversity of Tennesse TN 2008-DN-BX-K193 $237,750 Closed
2009 Post Coital DNA Recovery NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research The University of Tennessee TN 2009-DN-BX-0023 $763,428 Closed
2013 State of Tennessee 2013 Coverdell Application - Formula and Competitive. NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Tennessee TN 2013-CD-BX-0028 $134,373 Closed
2014 The Effectiveness of School Resource Officers in Tennessee High Schools NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Vanderbilt University TN 2014-IJ-CX-0017 $32,000 Closed
2009 Tennessee's Activities Under The Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY 09-10 NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program State of Tennessee TN 2009-CD-BX-0017 $323,941 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2010-DN-BX-K029 $506,527 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2010-DN-BX-K098 $2,069,661 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2012-DN-BX-0106 $2,190,753 Closed
2009 The Knox County Sheriff''s Office seeks funding to expand its Cold Case Unit to use DNA technology to solve their violent cold cases, utilizing funds for overtime, two new positions and four part time NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Knox County Sheriff''s Office TN 2009-DN-BX-K166 $267,584 Closed
2011 Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Federal Fiscal Year 2011. NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Tennessee TN 2011-CD-BX-0031 $387,481 Closed
2010 Developing an Empirically-Based Ranking Order for Bone Sampling: Examining the Differential DNA Yield Rates between Human Skeletal Elements over Increasing Post Mortem Intervals NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development The University of Tennessee TN 2010-DN-BX-K229 $200,316 Closed
2006 Evaluation of the processing of habeas corpus cases in US District Courts, Crime and Justice Research, National Institute of Justice. NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research Vanderbilt University TN 2006-IJ-CX-0020 $257,747 Closed
2006 Cultivating Methods to Enhance the Quality of Aged Fingerprints Developed by Cyanoacrylate Fuming NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Impression Evidence Solicitation: Invited Full Applications The University of Tennessee TN 2006-DN-BX-K031 $126,505 Closed
2011 Specialized Crime Scene Investigator Training in Forensic Digital Photography, Crime Scene Mapping, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Shooting Scene Reconstruction NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program The University of Tennessee TN 2011-DN-BX-K567 $450,000 Closed
2014 State of Tennessee - FFY 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant - Formula and Competitive NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Tennessee TN 2014-CD-BX-0058 $145,479 Closed
2013 Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Lincoln Memorial University TN 2013-DN-BX-K038 $207,624 Closed
2009 National DNA Training Initiative NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program University of Tennessee TN 2009-DN-BX-K191 $647,802 Closed
2014 Rehabilitation Programs for Adult Offenders: Meta-Analysis in Support of Guidelines for Effective Practice NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas Vanderbilt University TN 2014-IJ-CX-0021 $456,230 Closed
2014 Evaluation of high density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information from Skeletal Remains NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2014-DN-BX-K035 $264,722 Open
2010 Developing Methods to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence The University of Tennessee TN 2010-DN-BX-K202 $258,816 Closed
2009 Forensic Science Training and Development and Delivery Program: Forensic Crime Scene Investigation Web-Based NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program The Institute of Public Service TN 2009-DN-BX-K190 $775,226 Closed