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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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State: NV

Number of Awards: 82
Total Amount Awarded: $31,860,242

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2009 Improving the Quality of Analysis in Forensic Science NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Nevada Department of Public Safety NV 2009-CD-BX-0021 $140,397 Closed
2011 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Application-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2010-DN-BX-K201 $139,732 Closed
2015 HPD Forensic Laboratory Instrumentation NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Henderson Police Department NV 2015-CD-BX-0075 $135,906 Closed
2005 2005 Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2005-DN-BX-K052 $118,800 Closed
2010 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2010-DN-BX-K201 $118,322 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
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
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2010-DN-BX-K028 $109,410 Closed
2009 Firearms Section Capacity Enhancement Project NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Washoe County Sheriff NV 2009-CD-BX-0051 $106,307 Closed
2009 FY2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2009-DN-BX-K025 $102,025 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
2020 Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standards Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2020-R2-CX-0024 $100,000 Closed
2020 A Multi-Methodological Approach to Estimating Ancestry and Sex in Asian Groups for Forensic Casework Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2020-R2-CX-0020 $100,000 Closed
2008 Improvement of the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Services NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program State of Nevada, Dept. of Public Safety NV 2008-CD-BX-0025 $99,337 Closed
2007 Improvement of the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Services NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Nevada, Dept. of Public Safety NV 2007-CD-BX-0076 $96,594 Closed
2005 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Forensic Lab Improvements Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2005-DN-BX-0068 $95,000 Closed
2008 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2008-CD-BX-0085 $95,000 Closed
2003 Crime Laboratory Improvement Program National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Reno Police Department NV 2003-LP-CX-K032 $93,968 Closed
2007 Grant application to assist in improving the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services for the Washoe County Medical Examiner and Coroner Office NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Washoe County NV 2007-CD-BX-0077 $93,468 Closed
2008 Continued Quality Improvement Through Pursuit of NAME Accreditation, Data Management, and Autopsy System Upgrades NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Washoe County NV 2008-CD-BX-0089 $92,646 Closed
2007 Improving Quality Forensic Services NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Henderson Police Department NV 2007-CD-BX-0075 $83,653 Closed
2005 Forensics Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Nevada Dept of Public Safety NV 2005-DN-BX-0054 $82,639 Closed
2004 2004 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Paul Coverdell Project PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2004-DN-BX-0206 $80,233 Closed
2003 Self-reported Law-violating Behavior from Adolescent CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION National Council of Juvenile And Family Court Judges NV 2003-IJ-CX-1011 $78,270 Closed
2007 Latent Fingerprint Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2007-CD-BX-0019 $71,664 Closed