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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
2013 Long-Term Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program on Dating Violence Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence University of Colorado Denver CO 2013-VA-CX-0002 $440,642 Closed
2007 California DOJ Forensic Science Training Development & Delivery Program 2007 (Cal DOJ Forensic Science Training Dev 07) NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Justice, California Department of CA 2007-DN-BX-K206 $440,993 Closed
2007 People with Dementia as Witnesses to Emotional Events NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse The Regents of the University of California, Irvine CA 2007-MU-MU-0002 $441,017 Closed
2007 Miami Police Homicide Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA The City of Miami Police Department FL 2007-DN-BX-K123 $441,063 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept MO 2011-DN-BX-K512 $441,533 Closed
2015 Evidential Value of Particle Combination Profiles On Common Items of Physical Evidence NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2015-DN-BX-K046 $441,595 Closed
2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Missouri Department of Public Safety MO 2010-CD-BX-0019 $441,719 Closed
2023 New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices 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-01426-RESS $441,886 Open
2010 Standards of Practice in Forensic Pathology - A Training Program for Medical Examiners and Coroners NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Michigan State University MI 2010-DN-BX-K262 $442,590 Closed
2010 2010 Oklahoma Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oklahoma District Attorneys Council OK 2010-CD-BX-0002 $442,592 Closed
2014 Application of Infrared Imaging and Chemometrics to Facilitate the Forensic Examination of Automotive Paints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Oklahoma State University OK 2014-DN-BX-K087 $442,953 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Oakland Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Oakland CA 2011-DN-BX-K484 $443,201 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Project FY 2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Montgomery County OH 2005-DA-BX-K066 $443,476 Closed
2016 Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0151 $443,598 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K154 $443,682 Closed
2019 Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0017 $443,931 Closed
2003 No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act SC Law Enforcement Division SC 2003-DN-BX-K045 $444,652 Closed
2020 Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-DQ-BX-0005 $444,723 Past Project Period End Date
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
2012 Examining Criminal Justice Responses to and Help-Seeking Patterns of Sexual Violence Survivors with Disabilities NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence Vera Institute of Justice NY 2012-WG-BX-0050 $445,177 Closed
2018 Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-75-CX-0034 $445,244 Past Project Period End Date
2004 Nanotechnology DNA Sequencing:
Improving DNA processing technologies 		National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Brown University RI 2004-LT-BX-K001 $445,265 Closed
2015 Quantitative Tools for Examination of Microscopic Fracture Surface Topology and Degradation for Physical Match Analysis of Evidence NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2015-DN-BX-K056 $445,341 Closed
2012 2012 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvment Grants Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services NY 2012-CD-BX-0008 $445,477 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY2005Tennessee Bureau of Investigation DNA Capacity Enhancement Program State of Tennessee TN 2005-DA-BX-K093 $445,803 Closed