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: 86
Total Amount Awarded: $42,354,988

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2012	FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2012-DN-BX-0021	$1,165,649	Closed
2013	FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2013-DN-BX-0079	$990,871	Closed
2015	FY 2015 Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction - Virginia DFS	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2015-DN-BX-0046	$913,390	Closed
2011	FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2011-DN-BX-K421	$1,447,358	Closed
2008	Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2008-DN-BX-K128	$4,520,295	Closed
2010	Identifying the Missing in Virginia 2010	NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2010-DN-BX-K130	$468,640	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
2017	Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2017-DN-BX-0186	$311,609	Closed
2003	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	Virginia Department of Health	VA	2003-DN-BX-0051	$81,589	Closed
2023	New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01426-RESS	$441,886	Open
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
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
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
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
2003	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants - FY 2003 Formula Grant Program	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program)	Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services	VA	2003-DN-BX-4059	$88,691	Closed
2023	Pivoting Headspace Ethanol Analysis to Accommodate Modern Day Scenarios	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01424-MUMU	$371,593	Open
2003	Provide two fellowships to increase the number of qualified forensic examiners and pathologists.	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program)	Virginia Department of Health	VA	2003-DN-BX-0059	$88,691	Closed
2015	qPCR Genotype Determination and Mixture Detection Using High Resolution Melting Curve Analysis of STR Loci	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2015-MU-MU-K026	$321,328	Closed
2009	SOLVING COLD CASES FROM DFS SEROLOGY CASE FILES -- 1973-1988	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2009-DN-BX-K046	$490,960	Closed
2012	Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences	NIJ FY 12 Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2012-IJ-CX-0014	$297,297	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	The Implementation of a Forensic Workstation Increases the Timeliness and Efficiency of Evidence Processing in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	County of Dinwiddie	VA	2015-CD-BX-0050	$23,183	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