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

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2013	Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Defense Forensic Science Center		2013-DNR-5042	$344,000	Closed
2013	Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Defense Forensic Science Center		2013-DNR-5042	$625,000	Closed
2013	Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Defense Forensic Science Center		2013-DNR-5042	$492,500	Closed
2021	Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO	$377,311	Open
2022	Ionic liquid-solvated near infrared dyes for detection of trace blood spatter in textiles under ambient lighting conditions	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI	MS	15PNIJ-22-GG-04427-RESS	$431,907	Open
2022	Assessing the reliability of modern µXRF technology for expanded impact on the forensic examination and interpretation of trace evidence	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-03571-SLFO	$388,814	Open
2023	Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS	$111,000	Open
2023	Time Since Deposition for Touch DNA Evidence	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-04217-MUMU	$389,621	Open
2023	Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS	$229,454	Open
2023	Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO	$564,733	Open
2023	Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS	$262,678	Open
2023	Accuracy, Efficacy, and Reproducibility of Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determination using Gunshot Residue	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NOBLIS, INC.	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-04222-MUMU	$872,282	Open
2022	Applied Research in the Characterization, Identification, and Comparison of Pigmented Fiber Evidence	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04185-RESS	$167,469	Open