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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
2009 Continuing Development and Validation of Regional Taphonomic Standards for the Recovery and Interpretation of Skeletal Remains in Outdoor Settings' NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of Maine System acting through Univ. of Maine ME 2008-DN-BX-K177 $213,058 Closed
2015 Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2015-DN-BX-K048 $212,875 Closed
2010 Electronic Criem and Digital Evidence Recovery-Damaged Hard Drive Recovery and Forensic Examination Tools NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery Great Basin Data Recovery NV 2010-MU-MU-K021 $212,748 Closed
2019 Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2019-75-CX-0019 $212,738 Past Project Period End Date
2015 FY15 Paul Coverdell Formula and Competitive Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Jersey Department of Law And Public Safety NJ 2015-CD-BX-0034 $212,679 Closed
2008 2008-2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Science -Continuing Performance and Infrastructure EnhancementThrough Automation of the DNA Extraction/Purifica NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Instituto de Ciencias Forenses PR 2008-DN-BX-K063 $212,580 Closed
2003 No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2003-DN-BX-K119 $212,446 Closed
1998 The Internet Studio: Building the Infrastructure for the World Justice Information Network Developing Communications Initiatives in Criminal Justice Rule of Law Foundation DC 1998-IJ-CX-K004 $212,418 Closed
2008 Supporting State and Local Law Enforcement in Cybercrime Investigations and Computer Forensics NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards East Stroudsburg University Center for Research and Economic Development PA 2008-DD-BX-K013 $212,408 Closed
2006 Development and Production of Reference Materials for Control and Calibration of Hair Drug Testing NIJ FY06 Research and Development in the Area of Forensic Toxicology Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2006-DN-BX-K012 $212,344 Closed
2015 DNA Backlog Reduction and Capacity Enhancement FY15 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Montgomery County OH 2015-DN-BX-0109 $212,261 Closed
2008 Multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of all Ventura County law enforcement agencies to coordinate and conduct review of a minimum of 50 cold violent crime and homicide cases for presence of DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2008-DN-BX-K311 $212,133 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Alaska Department of Public Safety AK 2006-DN-BX-K216 $212,026 Closed
2007 Alameda County Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2007 NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement County of Alameda, California CA 2007-DN-BX-K082 $211,993 Closed
2006 Project 25 ' Phase 2 and Phase 3 NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL INC FL 2005-IJ-CX-K026 $211,781 Closed
2012 Development and Implementation of PMIS for a Jail Environment NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2011-IJ-CX-K052 $211,000 Closed
2001 The Cop Crunch: Identifying Strategies for Dealing Effective Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Police Executive Research Forum DC 2001-IJ-CX-0024 $210,995 Closed
2006 2006 DNA Casework Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Dallas County TX 2006-DN-BX-K084 $210,910 Closed
2004 Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Forensic Science: Analysis of Glass Samples General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers University of Central Florida FL 2004-IJ-CX-K031 $210,728 Closed
2004 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 - F Missouri Department of Public Safety MO 2004-DN-BX-0163 $210,565 Closed
2008 FY2008 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - SD Office of Attorney General NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2008-DN-BX-K143 $210,525 Closed
2007 2007 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2007-CD-BX-0006 $210,521 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Columbus Police Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Columbus OH 2015-DN-BX-0073 $210,159 Closed
1998 Committee on Law and Justice Core Support Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses National Academy of Sciences DC 1998-IJ-CX-0030 $210,000 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program
Fiscal Year 2005 - Kansas Bureau of Investigation 		DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Kansas Bureau of Investigation KS 2005-DA-BX-K057 $210,000 Closed