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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
2023 Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002 $400,000 Open
2014 ACEware Latent Fingerprint Identification Research and Software Development FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Noblis, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-K011 $999,906 Closed
2013 ACEware Latent Fingerprint Identification Research and Software Development. NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Noblis, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-K011 $499,942 Closed
2015 Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2015-DY-BX-K006 $633,170 Closed
2009 Achieving Successful Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships that Strenghthen Practice and Policy: Lessons Learned From the Field NIJ FY09 Building and Enhancing Research Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships Yale University CT 2009-IJ-CX-0207 $343,565 Closed
2013 Acquisition of a new Regional Automated Fingerpint Indentification System (AFIS) NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Salem OR 2013-CD-BX-0061 $85,300 Closed
2008 Acquisition of Basic Laboratory Instrumentation for Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program County of Volusia FL 2008-CD-BX-0055 $31,000 Closed
2005 Acquisition of Crime Lab Equipment Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Douglas County Government CO 2005-DN-BX-0092 $94,988 Closed
2010 Acquisition of Fingerprint Topology using Columnar Thin Films NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-DN-BX-K232 $470,216 Closed
2004 Acquisition of Live Scan Fingerprint Station linked directly to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) AFIS for immediate return on suspects. PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 City of Savannah GA 2004-DN-BX-0183 $76,883 Closed
2008 Acquisition of Network Device Evidence System (ANDES) NIJ FY 08 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals Odyssey Research Associates, Inc. DBA ATC-NY NY 2008-CE-CX-K008 $249,976 Closed
2015 Acquisition of new equipment for Digital Forensics Lab NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Saco ME 2015-CD-BX-0019 $57,217 Closed
2013 Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Radicalization Across Three Offender Types with Implications for Criminal Justice Training and Education NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0002 $530,298 Closed
2011 Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project City of Houston TX 2011-DN-BX-0002 $178,076 Closed
2006 Active 3D Face Capture NIJ FY06 Biometrics Solicitation: Invited Full Applications GE Global Research NY 2006-IJ-CX-K045 $499,699 Closed
2005 Active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Pilot Program Corrections Full Applications Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department CA 2005-IJ-CX-K052 $100,000 Closed
2014 Adaptation and Evaluation of Video Game to Reduce Sexual Violence on Campus NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence University of New Hampshire NH 2014-VA-CX-0012 $579,301 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2020 Adapted Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model to Reduce Recidivism in an Underserved Area: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-Release and Post-Release Reentry Components Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2020-75-CX-0008 $1,218,129 Open
2014 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $232,406 Closed
2015 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $239,670 Closed
2013 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $245,382 Closed
2005 Adding human expertise to the quantitative analysis of fingerprints Friction Ridge Analysis Research Indiana University IN 2005-MU-BX-K076 $431,255 Closed
2015 Addition of Forensic Capacities in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-CD-BX-0014 $174,882 Closed
2007 Additional Funding for Applying Situational Crime Prevention to Sexual Assaults in Jail Facilities: An Action Research Partnership NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations The Urban Institute DC 2006-RP-BX-0040 $49,806 Closed