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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.
Description

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Sort descending Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2020-75-CX-0012 $530,242 Open
2020 Positive identification using frontal sinus comparisons: Developing empirically-based guidelines Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 2020-75-CX-0013 $357,871 Closed
2020 GIS Application for Building a Nationally Representative Forensic Taphonomy Database Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SC 2020-DQ-BX-0025 $457,536 Open
2020 Validation of a LC-DAD-ESI/MS/MS method for the accurate measurement of THC and THCA-A among twenty cannabinoids in various products of Cannabis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2020-DQ-BX-0021 $160,181 Closed
2020 Assessment of the Contribution to Drug Impaired Driving from Emerging and Undertested Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0009 $478,783 Closed
2020 Comparative Assessment of Emerging Technologies for Body Fluid Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0015 $501,115 Closed
2020 Biomarkers of Cannabis Exposure in Exhaled Breath Condensate and Oral Fluid Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2020-DQ-BX-0011 $434,273 Open
2020 A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2020-DQ-BX-0027 $436,934 Open
2020 Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 2020-DQ-BX-0014 $747,384 Past Project Period End Date
2020 An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2020-DQ-BX-0024 $466,886 Open
2020 A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners' Conclusions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 NOBLIS, INC. VA 2020-DQ-BX-0026 $720,610 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Front-end differentiation of contributor cell populations and estimation of DNA content in trace biological samples using novel cellular signatures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2020-DQ-BX-0023 $382,296 Open
2020 Experimental and numerical investigations for the prediction of depth of calcination of gypsum plasterboards under fire exposure Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY KY 2020-R2-CX-0050 $241,305 Closed
2020 Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 NOBLIS, INC. VA 2020-R2-CX-0049 $1,063,335 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Seized Drug Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2020-DQ-BX-0001 $228,918 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY TN 2020-DQ-BX-0003 $285,229 Open
2020 Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-DQ-BX-0005 $444,723 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2020-DQ-BX-0010 $476,517 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Assessing the Strength of Trace Evidence Fracture Fits Through a Comprehensive, Systematic, and Quantifiable Approach Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2020-DQ-BX-0012 $466,543 Past Project Period End Date
2020 3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-DQ-BX-0006 $361,656 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Research and Development of a Rapid Approach for Identification of Calliphoridae Species Entomological Forensic Evidence Based on DART-HRMS-derived Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2020-MU-MU-0016 $731,306 Open
2020 Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010 $609,700 Open
2020 Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis Samples for Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0009 $350,000 Closed
2020 Interoperability of 3D Impressed Firearm Toolmarks Measurements Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0011 $497,293 Open
2020 Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation (Subaward to grant 2020-R2-CX-0047) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0005 $27,287 Open