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: 7,390
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,827,360

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	Long-Term Evaluation of the 5-Key Reentry Model Multi-Site RCT	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-00140-NIJB	$1,199,956	Open
2021	Policing the Rainbow: Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02715-RESS	$654,179	Open
2021	Improving investigations and community relations through the training of evidence-based interviewing skills in frontline officers	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02716-RESS	$497,785	Open
2021	Enhancing Procedural Justness of Encounters Through Substantiation (EPJETS): The Atlantic County Randomized Controlled Trial.	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	STOCKTON UNIVERSITY	NJ	15PNIJ-21-GG-02718-RESS	$702,956	Open
2021	An Evaluation of De-Escalation Training to Understand the Links between Training and Outcomes	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	CLEMSON UNIVERSITY	SC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02719-RESS	$892,951	Open
2021	An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS	$520,040	Open
2021	Physics and Mathematical Models for Error Quantifications in Comparative 3D Microscopy for Physical Match Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04141-RESS	$742,590	Open
2021	Improved Nucleic Acid Recovery From Trace and Degraded Samples Using Affinity Purification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04149-RESS	$499,518	Past Project Period End Date
2021	A Universal Method for the Detection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residue based on Fast Fluorescence Mapping and Raman Spectroscopic Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04153-RESS	$632,138	Open
2021	Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS	$600,984	Open
2021	Data fusion from infrared elemental, MSP and Raman analysis techniques to the maximization of the efficiency of the analytical sequence for the forensic examination of paint evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04163-RESS	$338,823	Open
2021	Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS	$484,798	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Evaluation of Heat Flux Profiles Through Walls in Support of Fire Model Validation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04167-RESS	$335,000	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Detection and identification of hair dyes directly at a crime scene by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04169-RESS	$368,745	Open
2021	Illuminating the Dark: Molecular Networking as a Novel Psychoactive Substance Identification Strategy	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	WI	15PNIJ-21-GG-04171-COAP	$271,842	Open
2021	Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP	$437,665	Open
2021	Advanced Microfluidic Technology for Automated, Rapid, and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-04176-COAP	$327,558	Open
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
2021	Deep Learning to Enhance Investigative Lead Information for Automotive Clear Coats	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	OK	15PNIJ-21-GG-04182-RESS	$196,373	Open
2021	Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	STONEY FORENSIC, INC	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS	$330,044	Open
2021	Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS	$713,519	Open
2021	Applied Research in the Characterization, Identification, and Comparison of Pigmented Fiber Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04185-RESS	$107,541	Open
2021	The problems with Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC, Delta-10 THC and CBD) and their metabolites detectability in urine drug testing for potential cannabinoid abuse.	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04188-RESS	$161,031	Closed
2021	Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO	$532,833	Open
2021	Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open