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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
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
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
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
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
2005 Whitley County Coroner's Office Strive for Professionalism--Equipped to Serve Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Whitley County IN 2005-DN-BX-0095 $60,068 Closed
2006 Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training Center (WFLETC) Support for Training & Casework Projects for the State of Colorado NIJ FY06 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $246,807 Closed
2005 Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training (WFLETC) Casework Support & Training. NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $98,664 Closed
2006 Westchester County Glass Analysis Program NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation County of Westchester NY 2006-DN-BX-0036 $72,560 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
2006 West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Enhancement NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2006-DN-BX-0091 $116,073 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
2011 Warwick Police Department/Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Project NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Warwick RI 2011-CD-BX-0074 $104,000 Closed
2009 Virgin Islands Forensic Science Improvement Project NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Government of the Virgin Islands VI 2009-CD-BX-0039 $140,397 Closed
2008 Virgin Islands 2008 Forensic Grant NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Virgin Islands VI 2008-CD-BX-0015 $99,337 Closed
2019 Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Closed
2008 Video Evidence Examination Forensic Workstation NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Eau Claire WI 2008-CD-BX-0080 $14,000 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
2007 Vermont FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2007-CD-BX-0007 $96,594 Closed
2018 Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2018-DU-BX-0194 $499,318 Closed
2010 Validation of Forensic Characterization and Chemical Identification of Dyes Extracted from Millimeter-length Fibers NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2010-DN-BX-K245 $451,336 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
2013 Utilizing Overtime to Decrease the Latent Fingerprint Backlog NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oregon State Police OR 2013-CD-BX-0025 $81,156 Closed
2020 Utilizing eDNA from Four Biological Taxa Associated with Geologic Evidence for Sample-to-Sample Comparisons and Study Site Separation Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 2020-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Open
2007 Utica Police Forensic Programs NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Utica NY 2007-CD-BX-0045 $94,942 Closed
2006 Utica Forensic Unit Improvement Program NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation City of Utica NY 2006-DN-BX-0033 $43,975 Closed