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.

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Number of Awards: 81
Total Amount Awarded: $39,256,866

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2020	Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	TN	2020-DQ-BX-0003	$285,229	Open
2009	Tennessee's Activities Under The Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY 09-10	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2009-CD-BX-0017	$323,941	Closed
2016	ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0179	$327,372	Closed
2023	Evaluating the reliability and accuracy of multiple geophysical methods in the search for clandestine graves	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04226-SLFO	$351,078	Open
2018	Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0181	$354,751	Closed
2017	Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY	TN	2017-DN-BX-0146	$377,535	Closed
2011	Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Federal Fiscal Year 2011.	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2011-CD-BX-0031	$387,481	Closed
2022	Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO	$395,516	Open
2021	Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO	$406,468	Open
2005	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY2005Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2005-DA-BX-K093	$445,803	Closed
2011	Specialized Crime Scene Investigator Training in Forensic Digital Photography, Crime Scene Mapping, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Shooting Scene Reconstruction	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	The University of Tennessee	TN	2011-DN-BX-K567	$450,000	Closed
2014	Rehabilitation Programs for Adult Offenders: Meta-Analysis in Support of Guidelines for Effective Practice	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas	Vanderbilt University	TN	2014-IJ-CX-0021	$456,230	Closed
2010	Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Fiscal Year 2010.	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2010-CD-BX-0014	$464,491	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-K077	$465,570	Closed
2005	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2005-Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	TN	2005-DN-BX-K108	$470,033	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2010-DN-BX-K029	$506,527	Closed
2011	Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Tennessee	TN	2011-DN-BX-K537	$514,495	Closed
2009	National DNA Training Initiative	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-K191	$647,802	Closed
2008	FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	State of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K041	$680,423	Closed
2018	The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0180	$726,629	Closed
2003	National Forensic Science Institute	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	University of Tennessee	TN	2002-LP-CX-K006	$745,125	Closed
2009	Post Coital DNA Recovery	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	The University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-0023	$763,428	Closed
2009	Forensic Science Training and Development and Delivery Program: Forensic Crime Scene Investigation Web-Based	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Institute of Public Service	TN	2009-DN-BX-K190	$775,226	Closed
2002	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	University of Tennessee	TN	2002-LP-CX-K006	$1,000,000	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2010-DN-BX-K098	$2,069,661	Closed