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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.

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 2007 Convicted Offender Backlog National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2008-DN-BX-K001 $66,227 Closed
2005 LVMPD DNC Capacity Enhancement Proposal DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2005-DA-BX-K058 $340,360 Closed
2008 Continued Quality Improvement Through Pursuit of NAME Accreditation, Data Management, and Autopsy System Upgrades NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Washoe County NV 2008-CD-BX-0089 $92,646 Closed
2005 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) FY 2005-Washoe County Sheriff's Office Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Washoe County Sheriffs Office NV 2005-DN-BX-K050 $66,227 Closed
2006 LVMPD DNA Capacity Grant NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2006-DN-BX-K185 $181,261 Closed
2008 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2008-CD-BX-0085 $95,000 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2007-DN-BX-K133 $251,695 Closed
2005 2005 Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2005-DN-BX-K052 $118,800 Closed
2003 Self-reported Law-violating Behavior from Adolescent CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION National Council of Juvenile And Family Court Judges NV 2003-IJ-CX-1011 $78,270 Closed
2007 Latent Fingerprint Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2007-CD-BX-0019 $71,664 Closed
2004 Nevada DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2004-DN-BX-K204 $281,455 Closed
2007 Grant application to assist in improving the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services for the Washoe County Medical Examiner and Coroner Office NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Washoe County NV 2007-CD-BX-0077 $93,468 Closed
2004 DNA Automation National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Washoe County Sheriffs Office NV 2004-LT-BX-K009 $247,357 Closed
2007 Improving Quality Forensic Services NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Henderson Police Department NV 2007-CD-BX-0075 $83,653 Closed
2020 Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standards Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2020-R2-CX-0024 $100,000 Closed
2020 A Multi-Methodological Approach to Estimating Ancestry and Sex in Asian Groups for Forensic Casework Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2020-R2-CX-0020 $100,000 Closed
2021 National Juvenile Court Data Archive National Juvenile Court Data Archive, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-03202-TITL $2,000,000 Open
2021 Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO $567,682 Open
2022 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES NV 15PNIJ-22-GK-01121-TITL $2,400,000 Open
2023 Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS $111,000 Open
2023 Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS $110,998 Open
2018 Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories NEW YORK, CITY OF NY 2018-DU-BX-0166 $390,646 Closed
2009 Identifying Situational and Individual Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings: Implications for Public Safety and Primary Prevention NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2009-IJ-CX-0036 $283,652 Closed
2009 PREDICTING CRIME THROUGH INCARCERATION: THE IMPACT OF RATES OF PRISON CYCLING ON RATES OF CRIME IN COMMUNITIES NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2009-IJ-CX-0037 $298,490 Closed
2011 Continuation of The Forsaken "Out-Laws": Crime and Justice Among Undocumented Migrant Workers in Palisades Park, New Jersey NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2010-IJ-CX-0005 $12,060 Closed