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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.

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2006 The Operation and Structure of Right-Wing Extremist Groups NIJ FY06 ORE Terrorism Board of Regents of the Univ of NE, Univ of NE at Omaha NE 2006-IJ-CX-0027 $144,140 Closed
2019 Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED NV 2019-R2-CX-0047 $100,000 Closed
2023 Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS $111,000 Open
2021 Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO $567,682 Open
2023 Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS $110,998 Open
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Board of Police Commissioners NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2011-DN-BX-K491 $487,635 Closed
2009 NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Board of Police Commissioners MO 2009-DN-BX-K010 $499,936 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
2007 NIJ FY07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Board of Police Commissioners MO 2007-DN-BX-K017 $497,115 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2010-DN-BX-K163 $389,367 Closed
2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2008-DN-BX-K187 $90,000 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kansas City NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2009-DN-BX-K138 $425,877 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
2013 FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Board of Police Commissioners NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2013-DN-BX-0036 $412,761 Closed
2012 FY 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Kansas City Police Department NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2012-DN-BX-0013 $394,912 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
2015 FY15 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2015-DN-BX-0061 $406,533 Closed
2004 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Board of Police Commissioners MO 2004-DN-BX-K173 $149,439 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2007-DN-BX-K038 $305,045 Closed
2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2006 NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2006-DN-BX-K057 $135,697 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY05 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DA-BX-K009 $191,928 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2008-DN-BX-K098 $376,718 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program 2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DN-BX-K058 $190,445 Closed
2006 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2006 NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Board of Police Commissioners MO 2006-DN-BX-K147 $261,576 Closed