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: 60
Total Amount Awarded: $20,556,571

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort ascending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2016	Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE	NM	2016-DN-BX-0144	$702,654	Closed
2012	Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2012-DN-BX-K019	$574,868	Closed
2010	Utility of Postmortem X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) in Supplanting or Supplementing Medicolegal Autopsies	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2010-DN-BX-K205	$895,832	Closed
2013	Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2013-DN-BX-K004	$498,616	Closed
2000	FY'99 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Res & Eval Grant	CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program	University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center	NM	2000-WT-VX-0004	$184,440	Closed
2016	Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-0173	$714,891	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-K002	$619,325	Closed
2017	Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2017-DN-BX-0145	$598,632	Closed
2021	Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO	$532,833	Open
2021	Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open
2004	A Compact and Rugged Pulsed Laser Technology Platform for Counter-Personnel LLWs	FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation	Sterling Photonics Inc	NM	2004-IJ-CX-K043	$358,259	Closed
2005	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	State of New Mexico	NM	2005-DN-BX-0100	$82,639	Closed
2011	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Improvement Grant Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2011-CD-BX-0021	$166,108	Closed
2010	FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - NM Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2010-DN-BX-K063	$410,730	Closed
2007	State of New Mexico Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Initiative	NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2007-CD-BX-0074	$166,615	Closed
2007	FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	State of New Mexico	NM	2007-DN-BX-K073	$475,774	Closed
2004	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program FY2004 (REQUESTS BOTH FOR BASE AND COMPETITIVE FUNDING)	PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004	State of New Mexico	NM	2004-DN-BX-0221	$57,052	Closed
2003	FY02 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act - Disc.	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	State of New Mexico	NM	2003-DN-BX-1005	$44,727	Closed
2008	State of New Mexico Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Initiative	NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2008-CD-BX-0099	$157,590	Closed
2003	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	State of New Mexico	NM	2003-DN-BX-0035	$29,178	Closed
2006	This Project is Designed to Increase the Quality and Efficiency of Existing Biological/DNA Services.	NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation	State of New Mexico	NM	2006-DN-BX-K133	$430,467	Closed
2004	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant, National Institute of Justice, FY 2004	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04	State of New Mexico	NM	2004-DN-BX-K205	$110,187	Closed
2005	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2005	DNA Capacity Enhancement Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2005-DA-BX-K090	$176,188	Closed
2003	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act National Institute of Justice FY 2003	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program)	State of New Mexico	NM	2003-DN-BX-0097	$29,805	Closed
2006	Overtime Initiative to Increase DNA Casework Output.	NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement	State of New Mexico	NM	2006-DN-BX-K113	$45,000	Closed