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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
2015 Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Validating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City and County of Denver - Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K034 $79,150 Closed
2015 Measuring desiccation: A system using bioelectrical impedance analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Colorado Mesa University CO 2015-DN-BX-K015 $256,951 Closed
2015 Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Colorado CO 2015-DN-BX-K016 $863,485 Closed
2015 Addition of Forensic Capacities in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-CD-BX-0014 $174,882 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
2015 Jefferson County Regional Crime Lab DNA Capactiy Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Jefferson County CO 2015-DN-BX-0064 $100,000 Closed
2015 Enhanced Capacity in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory (MCL) DNA Analysis Unit through Personnel and Supplies NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-DN-BX-0025 $127,190 Closed
2015 FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program- Denver Police Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City And County of Denver CO 2015-DN-BX-0040 $219,640 Closed
2015 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Colorado Department of Public Safety CO 2015-DN-BX-0063 $467,743 Closed
2015 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $49,799 Closed
2015 A Roadmap to Evidence-Based School Safety: Safe Communities Safe Schools NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CO 2015-CK-BX-K002 $6,230,136 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
2012 Familial DNA Database Search System-Hardware/Software Integration Project NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City and County of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K036 $447,979 Closed
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
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
2017 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $43,719 Closed
2018 Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2018-R2-CX-0018 $150,000 Closed
2018 Leaving gangs and desisting from crime using a multidisciplinary team approach: A randomized control trial evaluation of the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CO 2018-75-CX-0028 $600,797 Closed
2003 The proposal is to establish the Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training Center (WFLETC) to train First Responders and Crime Scene Personnel in the proper handling and collection of evidence as National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $248,375 Closed
2004 COMM TECH Program Support: Kansas City Regional Crime Analysis National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of Denver CO 2001-RD-CX-K001 $49,637 Closed
2005 NLECTC-RM Center Operations - NBSCAB Task NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) CO 2005-IJ-CX-K107 $24,752 Closed
2005 Mitochondrial DNA Mixture Separation and Analysis by Denaturing High Performance Chromatography NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations University of Denver CO 2003-IJ-CX-K104 $254,549 Closed
2005 CAPRAD FY05 Continuation Program NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations Colorado Seminary CO 2001-RD-CX-K001 $374,603 Closed
2003 Operations of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Rocky Mountian Region National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards University of Denver Colorado Seminar CO 1996-MU-MU-K012 $2,809,915 Closed
2004 NLECTC Rocky Mountain Region Support to National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of Denver Colorado Seminar CO 1996-MU-MU-K012 $100,000 Closed