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: 138
Total Amount Awarded: $136,574,593

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2016	Development of a White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Individuals	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2004	Development of Statistical Methods for Estimating a Minimum Postmortem Interval: an evaluation using insect growth data	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2002-LT-BX-4001	$101,467	Closed
2015	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2023	Developmental Validation of a Novel Multi-analyte Recovery Method for Trace Biological Samples	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04207-DNAX	$494,268	Open
2005	DNA Capacity Improvement FY 2005 - West Virginia State Police	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2005-DA-BX-K098	$102,026	Closed
2008	Electronic Crime Technology Support Center	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	WVHTC Foundation	WV	2007-MU-MU-K010	$1,050,000	Closed
2007	Electronic Fingerprint Development Device "Fuma-Room"	NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques and Technologies: Invited Full Proposals	Mountain State University Inc.	WV	2007-DN-BX-K242	$61,152	Closed
2007	Encrypted Disk Drive Forensic Tools for Law Enforcement	NIJ FY 07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2007-DN-BX-K126	$251,183	Closed
2005	Enhanced Forensic Mass Spectrometry Methods	General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2005-IJ-CX-K014	$169,091	Closed
2000	Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime	Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2000-DN-VX-K001	$998,801	Closed
2010	Estimating Postmortem Interval: A Molecular Approach	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2010-DN-BX-K180	$462,492	Closed
2015	Evaluating the Efficiency of the Use of the QiagenÂ® QIAsymphonyÂ® with High Throughput Y-screening as an Alternative to Conventional Serology	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2015-R2-CX-K039	$154,577	Closed
2015	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$45,683	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$49,977	Closed
2017	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$47,916	Closed
2021	Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP	$327,405	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0037	$100,000	Closed
2019	Fast On-site Screening of Seized Drugs by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Tools: Identification of Fentanyl and Novel Psychoactive Substances	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0030	$267,438	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Fast Screening of Firearm Discharge Residues by Laser-based Spectrochemical Methods, Electrochemical Sensors, and Chemometrics	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-DU-BX-0186	$379,394	Closed
2022	Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS	$623,965	Open
2005	Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program FY 2005 - West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory	Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2005-DN-BX-K111	$88,552	Closed
2004	Forensic Hair Examination Workshop and Atlas under the President's DNA Initiative Funding	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2001-RC-CX-K003	$340,000	Closed
2001	Forensic ID Training and Research Resources at WVU	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2001-RC-CX-K003	$1,647,583	Closed
2013	Forensic Lab Improvement	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services	WV	2013-CD-BX-0043	$58,186	Closed