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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: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 2,575
Total Amount Awarded: $1,348,165,038

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-DU-BX-0025 $808,296 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2019-DU-BX-0046 $743,927 Closed
2019 Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2019-NE-BX-0004 $175,791 Closed
2019 mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PA 2019-DU-BX-0045 $878,274 Closed
2019 Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY CA 2019-DU-BX-0028 $395,773 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-DU-BX-0041 $469,468 Closed
2019 Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 2019-DU-BX-0009 $453,146 Closed
2019 Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2019-R2-CX-0039 $150,000 Closed
2019 Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-R2-CX-0045 $50,000 Closed
2019 Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2019-R2-CX-0049 $150,000 Closed
2019 Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-R2-CX-0048 $146,805 Closed
2019 Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2019-R2-CX-0051 $50,000 Closed
2019 Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model) Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE UTAH UT 2019-NE-BX-0001 $250,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-DU-BX-0003 $399,699 Past Project Period End Date
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
2019 Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-MU-MU-0095 $657,908 Past Project Period End Date
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - VT Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2010-DN-BX-K033 $19,153 Closed
2010 Fy2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - State of South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Office of the Attorney General SD 2010-DN-BX-K134 $55,125 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Oregon State Police OR 2010-DN-BX-K142 $220,000 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program'Georgia Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Georgia Bureau of Investigation GA 2010-DN-BX-K026 $64,600 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wyoming NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2010-DN-BX-K133 $64,000 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - North Dakota NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program North Dakota ND 2010-DN-BX-K211 $89,670 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - NH Department of Safety NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program New Hampshire Dept. of Safety NH 2010-DN-BX-K024 $20,000 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2010-DN-BX-K029 $506,527 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee Backlog Reduction Program - California Department of Justice NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program California Department of Justice CA 2010-DN-BX-K023 $473,967 Closed