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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.
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State: VA,
District: 4

Number of Awards: 86
Total Amount Awarded: $42,354,988

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2008 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services VA 2008-CD-BX-0044 $286,287 Closed
2006 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement. NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services VA 2006-DN-BX-0089 $258,099 Closed
2014 Methods for obtaining STR???quality touch DNA from archived fingerprints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-DN-BX-K013 $255,047 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2023 Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS $245,592 Open
2005 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY2005 Forensic Pathologist FellowshipsCompetitive Request for Online Medical Examiner Training Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Virginia Department of Health VA 2005-DN-BX-0067 $241,949 Closed
2005 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY 2005 Forensic Pathologist Fellowship Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services VA 2005-DN-BX-4067 $241,949 Closed
2014 Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-DN-BX-K005 $238,863 Closed
2005 Development and Evaluation of a Whole Genome Amplification Method for Accurate Multiplex STR Genotyping of Compromised Forensic Casework Samples Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2005-DA-BX-K002 $225,616 Closed
2016 Evaluation of an Emerging Automated Searching Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Latent Print Comparisons Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2016-DN-BX-K004 $216,225 Closed
2007 Web-based training for Virginia''s Local Medical Death Investigators NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence VA Institute Forensic Science & Medicine VA 2007-DN-BX-K210 $213,697 Closed
2015 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2015-CD-BX-0068 $197,409 Closed
2012 2012 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2012-CD-BX-0022 $185,297 Closed
2014 2014 Virginia Paul Coverdell Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2014-CD-BX-0055 $184,994 Closed
2018 A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0174 $176,490 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - VA Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K020 $171,579 Closed
2022 Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS $170,834 Open
2013 2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services VA 2013-CD-BX-0055 $170,371 Closed
2019 Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-NE-BX-0005 $169,628 Closed
2004 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services VA 2004-DN-BX-4219 $168,778 Closed
2004 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program FY 2004 Grant Program Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Virginia - Fellow Training Program PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Virginia Department of Health VA 2004-DN-BX-0219 $168,778 Closed
2021 The problems with Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC, Delta-10 THC and CBD) and their metabolites detectability in urine drug testing for potential cannabinoid abuse. Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04188-RESS $161,031 Closed
2019 The Effects of Synthetic Cathinone Chirality on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics and Its Implications for Forensic Toxicology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-R2-CX-0046 $149,960 Closed
2015 Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence Department of Forensic Science VA 2015-DN-BX-K008 $149,504 Closed
2023 THRIVE: Transformative Health and Reproductive Information for Incarcerated Women's Empowerment. NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01937-RESS $144,891 Open