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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: Crime scene investigation

Number of Awards: 52
Total Amount Awarded: $19,931,808

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort ascending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2006 The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice Process NIJ FY06 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence Cal State LA University Auxiliary Services, Inc. CA 2006-DN-BX-0094 $600,000 Closed
2016 Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY GA 2016-DN-BX-0196 $637,735 Closed
2004 Streamlining Physical Evidence Collection and Forensic Analysis. National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Florida Gulf Coast University FL 2004-LP-CX-K048 $1,241,875 Closed
2007 Specialized Training for State and Local Forensic Investigators: Training Partnership NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2007-IJ-CX-K232 $510,974 Closed
2014 Post-Blast Investigative Tools for Structural Forensics by 3D Scene Reconstruction and Advanced Simulation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC 2014-DN-BX-K004 $274,012 Closed
2010 On-Site Confirmatory Test for Tissue Type and Specimen Age NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2010-DN-BX-K247 $146,055 Closed
1999 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards DNA Data Bank of Convicted Felons for Specified Crimes in Puerto Rico Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-DT-CX-K001 $230,424 Closed
1999 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards DNA Data Bank of Convicted Felons for Specified Crimes in Puerto Rico Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-DT-CX-K001 $177,464 Closed
1999 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-DT-CX-K001 $124,619 Closed
2019 Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE CA 2019-NE-BX-0006 $600,544 Open
2018 Multi-spectral Tunable Detection (MultiTuDe) Lens for Rapid In-situ Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC CA 2018-75-CX-0042 $271,226 Closed
2009 Mid-Atlantic/Mid-Appalachian Training on Innovations in Forensic Science Through the Radford University Forensic Science Institute NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Radford University VA 2009-DN-BX-K200 $484,092 Closed
2015 Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Colorado CO 2015-DN-BX-K016 $863,485 Closed
2003 Law Enforcement Technology Dissemination and Training - School Safety National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-DT-CX-K001 $49,899 Closed
1999 Law Enforcement Technology Dissemination and Training DNA Data Bank of Convicted Felons for Specified Crimes in Puerto Rico Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-LT-VX-K002 $288,417 Closed
1999 Law Enforcement Technology Dissemination and Training DNA Data Bank of Convicted Felons for Specified Crimes in Puerto Rico Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-LT-VX-K002 $450,000 Closed
1999 Law Enforcement Technology Dissemination and Training DNA Data Bank of Convicted Felons for Specified Crimes in Puerto Rico Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-LT-VX-K002 $46,742 Closed
2011 Increased Efficiency of Evidence Screening, Processing, and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Benton County AR 2011-CD-BX-0102 $53,273 Closed
2015 Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Cumberland NC 2015-CD-BX-0074 $175,000 Closed
2016 Implications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanned Images for the Criminal Justice System Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2016-DN-BX-0177 $160,300 Closed
2009 IDFSC Digital Evidence Collection Training, Proficiency Test and Certificate Based on the NIJ Publication Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program International Data Forensic Solutions Center NJ 2009-DN-BX-K183 $135,996 Closed
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
2014 Hand-Held Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ 2014-DN-BX-K003 $356,039 Closed
2022 Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO $139,905 Open
2015 FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program David Rahnisky MI 2015-CD-BX-0078 $77,063 Closed