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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: Pattern evidence

Number of Awards: 206
Total Amount Awarded: $97,866,428

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Sort ascending Status
2018 Initiative To Develop and Test Guidelines for Juvenile Drug Courts Legacy OJJDP Research Grants AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2014-DC-BX-K001 $5,988,057 Past Project Period End Date
2003 West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative Proposals for FY02 Funds National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K003 $4,000,000 Closed
2003 Forensic Science Initiative 2003 National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2003-RC-CX-K001 $3,250,125 Closed
2010 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence NIJ FY 10 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. WV 2010-IJ-CX-K024 $2,000,000 Closed
2008 FY2008 Congressionally Directed Funding NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2008-LT-BX-K002 $1,931,792 Closed
2004 Fast Capture Fingerprint/Palm Print Technology FAST CAPTURE FINGERPRINT/PALM PRINT TECHNOLOGY CrossMatch Technologies Inc FL 2005-IJ-CX-K067 $1,800,597 Closed
2001 Forensic ID Training and Research Resources at WVU National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K003 $1,647,583 Closed
2016 National Footwear Database Evaluation FY 14 NIJ Non-solicited Applications Federal Bureau of Investigation 2016-DNR-5470 $1,500,000 Closed
2004 Fast Fingerprint Capture Technology to Capture Up to 10 Roll-Equivelant Fingerprints Within 15 Seconds FAST CAPTURE FINGERPRINT/PALM PRINT TECHNOLOGY TBS North America Inc. VA 2005-IJ-CX-K071 $1,448,788 Closed
2009 A Proposal to develop a computer program to improve the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K257 $1,398,930 Closed
2018 Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NOBLIS, INC. VA 2018-DU-BX-0214 $1,086,976 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $1,047,992 Closed
2009 City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K205 $1,000,000 Closed
2021 Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO $988,559 Open
2009 Quantifying the Effects of Database Size and Sample Quality on Measures of Individualization Validity and Accuracy in Forensics NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines George Mason University VA 2009-DN-BX-K234 $974,981 Closed
2013 Support NIST Work on Fingerprint Database NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 National Institute of Standards and Technology 2013-IJR-4454 $900,000 Closed
2016 Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences that are Insufficient for Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2016-R2-CX-0060 $883,694 Closed
2009 Error Rates for Latent Fingerprinting as a Function ofVisual Complexity and Cognitive Difficulty NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K225 $866,674 Closed
2009 Establishing the Quantitative Basis for Sufficiency: Thresholds and Metrics for Friction Ridge Pattern Detail Quality and the Foundation for a Standard NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 2009-DN-BX-K229 $854,907 Closed
2019 Development of Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2019-R2-CX-0069 $823,804 Past Project Period End Date
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program: Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Ohio Attorney General OH 2015-DN-BX-0050 $823,470 Closed
2005 Evaluation of the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grant Progarm Special Initiative: Faith-based and Community Organization Pilot Progarm NIJ-Evaluation of Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Faith Based Initiative Advocates for Human Potential MA 2005-IJ-CX-0050 $797,094 Closed
2016 Development of a Portable 3D Imaging System for Capturing Shoe and Tire Impressions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Purdue University IN 2016-DN-BX-0189 $788,167 Closed
2014 Foundational Research into the Quantification of the Value of Forensic Evidence for Complex Evidential Forms arising from Impression and Pattern Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes South Dakota State University SD 2014-IJ-CX-K088 $780,301 Closed
2004 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints and Hand Geometry FAST CAPTURE FINGERPRINT/PALM PRINT TECHNOLOGY Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $773,341 Closed