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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Number of Awards: 81
Total Amount Awarded: $39,256,866

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2008	DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS)	NIJ FY 08 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals	University of Tennessee	TN	2008-IJ-CX-K406	$165,509	Closed
2009	IMPROVING SEX ESTIMATION FROM CRANIA USING 3-DIMENSIONAL CT SCANS	NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K182	$167,278	Closed
2010	Evaluating the Use of DNA and RNA Degradation for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K228	$167,414	Closed
2008	Improving Sex Estimation from Craian Using 3-Dimensional CT Scans	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	The University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K182	$171,215	Closed
2010	Knox County Forensics Enhancement Program	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Knox County Sheriff''s Office	TN	2010-CD-BX-0084	$174,828	Closed
2014	Assessment of rapid, robust and efficient postmortem DNA sampling method for DVI and missing persons identification	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2014-DN-BX-K037	$187,518	Closed
2005	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant (FY 2005 Base Funds), National Institute of Justice, 8/1/2005-7/31/2006	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	State of Tennessee	TN	2005-DN-BX-0015	$191,389	Closed
2014	Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics / Lipidomics Approach	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	2014-DN-BX-K010	$193,079	Closed
2010	Developing an Empirically-Based Ranking Order for Bone Sampling: Examining the Differential DNA Yield Rates between Human Skeletal Elements over Increasing Post Mortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K229	$200,316	Closed
2006	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant (FY 2006 Base & Discretionary Funds)	NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation	State of Tennessee	TN	2006-DN-BX-0082	$203,375	Closed
2013	Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	2013-DN-BX-K038	$207,624	Closed
2019	Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0019	$212,738	Past Project Period End Date
2013	A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2013-DN-BX-K037	$226,382	Closed
2008	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY 08-09	NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2008-CD-BX-0006	$228,549	Closed
2007	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant FY 07-08	NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2007-CD-BX-0085	$228,734	Closed
2023	Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS	$229,454	Open
2008	ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE WILLIAM BASS DONATED SKELETAL COLLECTION AND OTHER MODERN DONATED COLLECTIONS	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	Unversity of Tennesse	TN	2008-DN-BX-K193	$237,750	Closed
2009	Isotopic and Elemental Analysis of the William Bass Donated Skeletal Collection and Other Modern Donated Collections	NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K193	$240,750	Closed
2015	Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2015-DN-BX-K019	$250,024	Closed
2006	Evaluation of the processing of habeas corpus cases in US District Courts, Crime and Justice Research, National Institute of Justice.	NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Vanderbilt University	TN	2006-IJ-CX-0020	$257,747	Closed
2010	Developing Methods to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K202	$258,816	Closed
2014	Evaluation of high density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information from Skeletal Remains	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2014-DN-BX-K035	$264,722	Open
2015	Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2015-IJ-CX-K015	$264,842	Closed
2009	The Knox County Sheriff''s Office seeks funding to expand its Cold Case Unit to use DNA technology to solve their violent cold cases, utilizing funds for overtime, two new positions and four part time	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Knox County Sheriff''s Office	TN	2009-DN-BX-K166	$267,584	Closed
2016	Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0178	$270,616	Closed