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 Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
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
2018	Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-MU-MU-0003	$178,080	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
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
2018	Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0032	$985,950	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$49,977	Closed
2016	Development of a White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Individuals	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	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
2017	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2017	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$47,916	Closed
2007	The Crime Control Effects of Prosecuting Intimate Partner Violence	NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations	Joint Centers For Justice Studies	WV	2006-WG-BX-0004	$30,354	Closed
2019	Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0037	$100,000	Closed
2019	Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0041	$99,618	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
2003	"Marshall University Forensic Science Center and FRN Initiatives to Improve Capabilities and Capacities of Forensic Crime Labs"	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2001-RC-CX-K002	$2,980,500	Closed
2004	Marshall University Forensic Science Center DNA Training Proposal	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2001-RC-CX-K002	$520,000	Closed
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
2003	Forensic Science Initiative 2003	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2003-RC-CX-K001	$3,250,125	Closed
2009	Specific Heat Capacity Thermal Function of Cyanoacrylate Fingerprint Development Process	NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Mountain State University Inc.	WV	2009-DN-BX-K196	$207,731	Closed
2009	Verification anfd Validation of LEAP An Encrypted Disk Drive Forensic Tool	NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2007-DN-BX-K126	$100,000	Closed
2003	Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Commercialization	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization Inc	WV	2003-IJ-CX-K001	$2,781,800	Closed
2004	Development of Statistical Methods for Estimating a Minimum Postmortem Interval: an evaluation using insect growth data	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2002-LT-BX-4001	$101,467	Closed
2005	The National Corrections and Law Enforcement Training and Technology Center (NCLETTC)	NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations	WVHTC Foundation	WV	2005-DD-BX-K187	$986,643	Closed
2004	Forensic Science Initiative	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	West Virginia University Research Corporation On Behalf of WVU	WV	2001-RC-CX-K003	$741,075	Closed