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.

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Number of Awards: 39
Total Amount Awarded: $9,605,237

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2015-DN-BX-0055	$313,839	Closed
2019	Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0015	$326,820	Closed
2021	Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP	$327,405	Past Project Period End Date
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2012-DN-BX-0064	$363,585	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2011-DN-BX-K449	$373,262	Closed
2017	Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2017-DN-BX-0161	$378,501	Closed
2022	Assessing the reliability of modern µXRF technology for expanded impact on the forensic examination and interpretation of trace evidence	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-03571-SLFO	$388,814	Open
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2013-DN-BX-0081	$396,320	Closed
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	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
2023	Developmental Validation of a Novel Multi-analyte Recovery Method for Trace Biological Samples	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04207-DNAX	$494,268	Open
2023	Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO	$564,733	Open
2022	Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS	$623,965	Open
2018	Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0032	$985,950	Past Project Period End Date