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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.
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Subtopic: Trace evidence

Number of Awards: 1,088
Total Amount Awarded: $250,671,899

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 Increased Efficiency of Evidence Screening, Processing, and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Benton County AR 2011-CD-BX-0102 $53,273 Closed
2009 Fiscal Year 09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2009-CD-BX-0058 $99,000 Closed
2014 MicroXRF Equipment to Improve the Quality of Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Services NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2014-CD-BX-0070 $174,650 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Latent Print and Firearms Backlog Reduction Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DN-BX-0078 $94,624 Closed
2017 The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2017-IJ-CX-0025 $698,382 Closed
2009 Developing a high throughput protocol for using soil molecular biology as trace evidence NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ if Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2009-DN-BX-K199 $142,475 Closed
2006 Computer Analysis & Technical Services (CATS) Laboratory Improvement Project NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Broome County NY 2006-DN-BX-0018 $94,803 Closed
2011 Improving Efficiencies and Readiness of the District 17 Medical Examiners Office NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Broward County FL 2011-CD-BX-0064 $148,778 Closed
2009 Establishment of portable, digital radiographic capabilities for the Broward County Medical Examiners Office. NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Broward County FL 2009-CD-BX-0060 $124,500 Closed
2012 Advanced Training to Improve Efficiencies and Readiness NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Broward County FL 2012-CD-BX-0025 $19,996 Closed
2007 Technical Improvements for Broward County Medical Examiners NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Broward County FL 2007-CD-BX-0031 $94,911 Closed
2004 Nanotechnology DNA Sequencing:
Improving DNA processing technologies 		National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Brown University RI 2004-LT-BX-K001 $445,265 Closed
2012 Preservation of Forensic Science Evidence Initiative NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Charleston County SC 2012-CD-BX-0068 $155,266 Closed
2006 Forensic Photo Enhancer NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Cherokee County GA 2006-DN-BX-0021 $73,151 Closed
2008 Eliminating Forensic Backlog NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Chesterfield County VA 2008-CD-BX-0093 $86,315 Closed
2014 Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Chicago, City of IL 2014-CD-BX-0027 $160,325 Closed
2005 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Probram Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City And County of Denver CO 2005-DN-BX-0079 $57,305 Closed
2009 2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program --Competitive NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City And County of Denver CO 2009-CD-BX-0053 $125,000 Closed
2013 Crime Laboratory Information Technology Enhancements NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City And County of Denver CO 2013-CD-BX-0065 $175,000 Closed
2011 FY11 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant - City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory Bureau NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City And County of Denver CO 2011-CD-BX-0094 $110,970 Closed
2005 FY 2005 Coverdell Awadr: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Improvement Project Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City and County of San Francisco CA 2005-DN-BX-0099 $74,300 Closed
2007 NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City and County of San Francisco CA 2007-CD-BX-0033 $95,000 Closed
2008 Forensic Technology Improvements NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Abilene TX 2008-CD-BX-0082 $65,890 Closed
2011 City of Austin Police Department Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Austin TX 2011-CD-BX-0099 $175,000 Closed
2010 City of Austin Police Department Forensic Science Improvement Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Austin TX 2010-CD-BX-0086 $175,000 Closed