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	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2016	Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2016-DN-BX-0152	$213,735	Closed
2008	FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	West Virginia State Police	WV	2008-DN-BX-K051	$222,245	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2009-DN-BX-K081	$227,834	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2010-DN-BX-K083	$230,014	Closed
2007	FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	West Virginia State Police	WV	2007-DN-BX-K151	$236,064	Closed
2014	SSBT CoE Contactless Finger Print Assessment	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc.	WV	2010-IJ-CX-K024	$240,995	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
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
2013	Biometrics from the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2013-DN-BX-K007	$283,464	Closed
2011	Justice Technology Assistance Program	NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	WVHTC Foundation	WV	2009-IJ-CX-K016	$300,000	Closed
2009	Justice Technology Assistance Program (JTAP)	NIJ FY 09 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology	WVHTC Foundation	WV	2009-IJ-CX-K016	$300,000	Closed
2010	Justice Technology Assistance Program (JTAP)	NIJ FY 10 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	WVHTC Foundation	WV	2009-IJ-CX-K016	$300,000	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2015-DN-BX-0055	$313,839	Closed
2019	Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0015	$326,820	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
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
2009	Quantified Assessment of AFIS Contextual Information on Accuracy and Reliability of Subsequent Examiner Conclusions	NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Complete Consultants Worldwide, LLC.	WV	2009-DN-BX-K224	$348,770	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2012-DN-BX-0064	$363,585	Closed
2018	Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0033	$368,415	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	West Virginia State Police	WV	2011-DN-BX-K449	$373,262	Closed
2017	Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2017-DN-BX-0161	$378,501	Closed
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	Assessing the reliability of modern µXRF technology for expanded impact on the forensic examination and interpretation of trace evidence	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-03571-SLFO	$388,814	Open
2013	A Quantitative Assessment of Shoeprint Accidental Patterns with Implications Regarding Similarity, Frequency and Chance Association of Features	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2013-DN-BX-K043	$389,321	Closed
2004	Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Commercialization	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology	Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization Inc	WV	2003-IJ-CX-K001	$395,752	Closed