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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 Forensic Backlog Reduction Program FY 2007 - Maine State Police Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Maine Department of Public Safety ME 2007-DN-BX-K057 $100,000 Closed
2003 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Maine Department of Public Safety ME 2003-DN-BX-0023 $29,178 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA (FY2004); National Institute of Justice Solving Cold Cases with DNA Maine Department of Public Safety ME 2005-DN-BX-K024 $250,349 Closed
2015 Sexual Misconduct by School Employees: Policy Implementation and Effectiveness NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Magnolia Consulting, LLC VA 2015-CK-BX-0009 $445,052 Closed
2013 Developing DNA Friendly Fluorogenic Methods for Detecting, Enhancing and Preserving Bloody and Proteinaceous Impression Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Madonna University MI 2013-DN-BX-K026 $247,377 Closed
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
2006 Weapons and Non-permitted Device Detector (WANDD) NIJ FY06 Sensors and Surveillance Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Luna Innovations Incorporated VA 2006-IJ-CX-K023 $464,907 Closed
2007 Stand-off Detection of Concealed Weapons using a Terahertz Illuminator with an Uncooled Imager NIJ FY 07 Sensors and Surveillance Technologies: Invited Full Proposals Lucent Technologies Inc. NJ 2007-RG-CX-K013 $500,000 Closed
2021 A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS $632,781 Open
2016 Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Loyola University Maryland MD 2016-DN-BX-0181 $154,521 Closed
2018 Cross-age peer mentoring to enhance resilience among low-income urban youth living in high violence Chicago communities. Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2014-JU-FX-0003 $998,194 Closed
2018 Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2016-MU-MU-0067 $75,000 Closed
2008 Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123 NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Loyola University Chicago IL 2006-IJ-CX-4032 $235,097 Closed
2008 LMPD''s Cold Case DNA Project NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government KY 2008-DN-BX-K197 $422,423 Closed
2013 Statistical Methods for Combining Multivariate and Categorical Data in Postmortem Interval Estimation NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - N.O. LA 2013-DN-BX-K042 $360,053 Closed
2007 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Louisiana State University and A and M College LA 2007-DN-BX-K146 $580,337 Closed
2008 NIJ Forensic DNA Efficiency Improvement Grant Application NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Louisiana State Police (Crime Lab) LA 2008-DN-BX-K188 $450,000 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2011-DN-BX-K428 $1,793,272 Closed
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Louisiana State Police NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2013-DN-BX-0082 $1,551,210 Closed
2009 FY 2009 FORENSIC DNA BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM - State of Louisiana NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Louisiana State Police LA 2009-DN-BX-K087 $1,430,733 Closed
2009 FY2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program ' State of Louisiana NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2009-DN-BX-K026 $1,050,683 Closed
2010 NIJ FY10 SOLVING COLD CASES WITH DNA - STATE OF LOUISIANA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Louisiana State Police LA 2010-DN-BX-K019 $222,360 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - State of Louisiana NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2010-DN-BX-K099 $1,340,084 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - STATE OF LOUISIANA NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2012-DN-BX-0049 $1,422,382 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Louisiana State Police NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Louisiana State Police LA 2015-DN-BX-0042 $1,351,851 Closed