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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
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
2003 Virginia Forensic Laboratory Improvement Program 2004 National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2004-LP-CX-0001 $1,490,250 Closed
2010 Virginia DFS 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2010-DN-BX-K120 $920,520 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
2023 Use of MicroRNA Expression in DNA extracts to Predict Body Weight Class in Forensic Samples NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04212-MUMU $408,987 Open
2019 Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-DU-BX-0003 $399,699 Past Project Period End Date
2023 Time Since Deposition for Touch DNA Evidence NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04217-MUMU $389,621 Open
2019 Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-MU-MU-0007 $1,241,355 Open
2018 Through the E-Cigarette Looking Glass: The Impact of Vaping Ethanol on DUI Investigations NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2018-75-CX-0036 $517,961 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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