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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
2015 National Study of Collateral Consequences for Criminal Convictions NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education DC 2015-R2-CX-0048 $165,931 Closed
2015 Nebraska State Patrol - Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program - FY15 NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Nebraska NE 2015-CD-BX-0035 $63,705 Closed
2015 Nevada Forensic Science Improving Quality through Education NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Nevada Department of Public Safety NV 2015-CD-BX-0058 $66,679 Closed
2015 New Hampshire NFSI Project NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of New Hampshire NH 2015-CD-BX-0066 $63,705 Closed
2015 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Colorado Department of Public Safety CO 2015-DN-BX-0063 $467,743 Closed
2015 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Suffolk County NY NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of Suffolk NY 2015-DN-BX-0082 $247,092 Closed
2015 NIJ FY DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program 2015-91397-NC-DN NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NC Department of Justice NC 2015-DN-BX-0086 $1,601,270 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and backlog Reduction Program- DE DFS NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program DELAWARE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DE 2015-DN-BX-0066 $256,403 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K070 $2,238,750 Closed
2015 NIJ FY2015 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Westchester County - Division of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of Westchester NY 2015-DN-BX-0013 $280,430 Closed
2015 NIJ2015 Capacity Enhancement Grant NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Kansas Bureau of Investigation KS 2015-DN-BX-0075 $429,800 Closed
2015 Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-NE-BX-K001 $195,710 Closed
2015 NYS 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services NY 2015-CD-BX-0049 $469,628 Closed
2015 One Pot Effluent Characterization and Standoff Detection Feasibility NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Savannah River National Laboratory (DOE) 2015-DNR-4789 $1,002,765 Closed
2015 Optimal Extraction Methods of THC from Infused Products (Denver PD) NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K028 $138,466 Closed
2015 Optimized, Semi-Automated Differential DNA Extraction (Denver PD Crime Laboratory) NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department CO 2015-NE-BX-K005 $51,699 Closed
2015 Optimizing Video Analytics in a Correction Setting, Phase I NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-R2-CX-K001 $599,742 Closed
2015 Orange County Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent County of Orange CA 2015-DY-BX-K003 $250,000 Closed
2015 Orlando Police Department ForensicLaboratory Equipment Upgrade NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Orlando FL 2015-CD-BX-0033 $174,963 Closed
2015 Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2014-MU-CX-4002 $791,846 Closed
2015 Pasco Sheriff's Office Cold Case Initiative: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Pasco County Sheriffs Office FL 2014-DN-BX-K466 $116,747 Closed
2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY 2015- Utah Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Utah Department of Public Safety UT 2015-CD-BX-0024 $69,326 Closed
2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant to replace a Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Miami Dade County FL 2015-CD-BX-0020 $175,000 Closed
2015 Peers influence response to threat: Cultural norms, reciprocity, and self-identity NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative University of Washington WA 2015-CK-BX-0022 $638,040 Closed
2015 Photo-dissolvable Swabs for Improved Recovery of Forensic Samples NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes General Electric Company NY 2015-DN-BX-K042 $497,708 Closed