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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: Trace evidence

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2005-DN-BX-0020 $82,639 Closed
2013 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program for the reduction in case backlog and turn-around times. NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2013-CD-BX-0030 $58,186 Closed
2009 Wyoming State Crime Laboratory Forensic Improvements Program NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2009-CD-BX-0044 $140,397 Closed
2014 Reduction of backlogged cases to improve timeliness of forensic results for submitting agencies in the State of Wyoming. NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2014-CD-BX-0053 $63,029 Closed
2011 2011 Wyoming Forensic Science Improvement Project NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2011-CD-BX-0049 $166,108 Closed
2012 Wyoming Office of the Attorney General Forensic Improvement Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2012-CD-BX-0021 $63,517 Closed
2010 FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2010-CD-BX-0045 $199,728 Closed
2015 Reduction of Backlogged Cases to Improve the Timeliness of Forensic Results for Submitting Agencies in the State of Wyoming NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2015-CD-BX-0013 $63,705 Closed
2008 Wyoming State Crime Laboratory FY2008 Coverdell Grant NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2008-CD-BX-0033 $99,337 Closed
2007 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2007-CD-BX-0003 $96,594 Closed
2006 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2006-DN-BX-0093 $91,015 Closed
2011 Seeking Quality Improvement and Increased Timeliness of Forensic Services at The City of Huntington's Police Department Forensic Investigation Unit NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Huntington, City Of WV 2011-CD-BX-0068 $113,987 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2014-CD-BX-0016 $63,029 Closed
2012 FY 12 Paul Coverdell Grant Application NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2012-CD-BX-0019 $63,517 Closed
2013 Forensic Lab Improvement NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2013-CD-BX-0043 $58,186 Closed
2013 Biometrics from the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2013-DN-BX-K007 $283,464 Closed
2011 State of West Virginia FY11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2011-CD-BX-0027 $166,108 Closed
2005 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Automated Software System Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2005-DN-BX-0087 $82,639 Closed
2010 West Virginia State Police Consolidate Forensic Science Plan FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2010-CD-BX-0035 $199,728 Closed
2009 WV FY09 Paul Coverdell Project NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2009-CD-BX-0034 $140,397 Closed
2018 Characterization of Modern Ammunition and Background Profiles: A Novel Approach and Probabilistic Interpretation of Inorganic Gunshot Residue NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2018-R2-CX-0009 $100,000 Closed
2015 Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2015-DN-BX-K048 $212,875 Closed
2015 West Virginia's FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2015-CD-BX-0051 $63,705 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
2019 Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0044 $100,000 Closed