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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: Digital evidence forensics

Number of Awards: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $52,268,688

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 E-Crime Investigative Technologies (Continuation 2007-2008) National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Florida State University FL 2006-DN-BX-K007 $449,957 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $114,977 Closed
2000 Assessing Error in PMI Prediction Using a Forensic Entomological Computer Model Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime University of Florida FL 2000-RB-CX-0002 $156,170 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $250,155 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $900,000 Closed
2007 NIJ Support of Virtual Digital Evidence Laboratory (VDEL) and Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB) National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Central Florida FL 2007-DN-BX-K241 $125,000 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $2,374,500 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $1,077,874 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $1,100,000 Closed
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
2015 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K032 $217,450 Closed
2016 Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0182 $204,725 Closed
2009 Cyberinvestigation Law Enforcement Wizard Supplement NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2007-DN-BX-K186 $150,000 Closed
2008 Enabling Initial Computer Investigation by Non-Expert Enforcement Personnel NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2007-DN-BX-K186 $150,000 Closed
2006 In-Car Video Technical Support NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Institute For Forensic Imaging Foundation IN 2006-IJ-CX-K003 $74,640 Closed
2014 Coverdale Fort Wayne Police Department Digital Forensic Lab Quality Improvement and Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Wayne IN 2014-CD-BX-0072 $68,500 Closed
2006 FREEAK: Forensic Rapid Evidence Extraction and Analysis Kit for Immediate Personal Digital Technology Forensics on devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, and embedded FLASH drives. NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Purdue University IN 2006-IJ-CX-K020 $237,540 Closed
2016 File Toolkit for Selective Analysis & Reconstruction (File TSAR) for Large Scale Computer Networks Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Purdue University IN 2016-MU-MU-K091 $487,440 Closed
2017 Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0001 $50,000 Closed
2020 FileTSAR+ An Elastic Network Forensic Toolkit for Law Enforcement Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2020-DQ-BX-0008 $400,973 Closed
2002 Central Gulf Coast Regional Computer Forensics Lab Project Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Univ. of New Orleans Research & Technology Foundation LA 2002-LP-CX-K004 $1,000,000 Closed
2011 Systems for Identifying and Gathering Evidence of P2P Tracking NIJ FY 11 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 2008-CE-CX-K005 $274,705 Closed
2006 Steganography Analysis and Research Center NIJ FY06 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards DSD Laboratories Inc MA 2005-DD-BX-K002 $863,825 Closed
2016 Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-R2-CX-0013 $50,000 Closed
2017 Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications Grier Forensics, LLC MD 2014-IJ-CX-K401 $146,593 Closed