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: 137
Total Amount Awarded: $40,093,206

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2011	Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crimes Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2011-DN-BX-K552	$396,780	Closed
2011	Developing Guidelines for the Application of Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Forensic Evidence	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2011-DN-BX-K560	$272,220	Closed
2011	Human Hair Proteomics - Improved Evidence Discrimination	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	CA	2011-DN-BX-K543	$151,150	Closed
2012	Characterization of Designer Drugs: Chemical Stability, Exposure, and Metabolite Identification	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2012-R2-CX-K001	$799,360	Closed
2012	Developmental Validation of a High-Specificity Multiplex Assay for Human Body Fluid Identification	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Colorado Seminary, which owns the University of Denver	CO	2012-DN-BX-K035	$576,429	Closed
2012	The Analysis of Trace Forensic Evidence Using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry: Differentiating Fibers	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	St. Olaf College	MN	2012-DN-BX-K020	$113,858	Closed
2012	The Evaluation of Laser Diode Thermal Desorption ((LDTD) for High Throughput Analysis of Controlled Substances and Toxicology in Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2012-R2-CX-K004	$331,494	Closed
2012	Use of Novel Chemistry & Microwave Instrumentation to ImproveBody Fluid Assay Sensitivity & Speed while Reducing Costs	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2012-DN-BX-K044	$403,671	Closed
2013	Analysis of Drugs of Abuse in Human Hair: Surface Contamination and Localization of Analytes	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2013-DN-BX-K021	$343,845	Closed
2013	Bath Salt-type Aminoketone designer Drugs: Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Substituted Cathinones	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Auburn University	AL	2013-DN-BX-K022	$344,325	Closed
2013	Biometrics from the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2013-DN-BX-K007	$283,464	Closed
2013	Detection of Gunshot Residue in Blowfly Larvae, Decomposing Porcine Tissue, and Porcine Bone Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2013-IJ-CX-0012	$30,000	Closed
2013	Dried Blood Spot Analysis as an Emerging Technology for Application in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2013-DN-BX-K017	$571,987	Closed
2013	Identification and Prevalence Determination of Novel Recreational Drugs and Discovery of Their Metabolites in Blood, Urine and Oral Fluid	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education	PA	2013-DN-BX-K018	$225,610	Closed
2013	Isotope Analyses of Hair as a Trace Evidence Tool to Reconstruct Human Movements: Establishing the Effects of the "Human Ecosystem" On Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Ratios	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IsoForensics, Inc.	UT	2013-DN-BX-K009	$367,399	Closed
2013	LIBS for Soil Screening Study of Matrix Effects on Elemental Profiling	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Central Florida	FL	2013-DN-BX-K006	$292,182	Closed
2013	Long-Term Stability of Synthetic Cathinones in Forensic Toxicology Samples	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2013-R2-CX-K006	$180,384	Closed
2013	Microscopy with Direct Analyte Probe Nanoextraction (DAPNe)-Coupled to Nanospray Mass Spectrometry for Localized Chemical Analysis of Document Inks	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas	TX	2013-R2-CX-K007	$380,986	Closed
2013	Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2013-DN-BX-K019	$197,491	Closed
2013	Statistical Analysis and Forensics Determination of Designer Drugs via Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2013-DN-BX-K041	$284,562	Closed
2014	Development of Heated Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Profiling of Marjuana	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2014-R2-CX-K005	$166,347	Closed
2014	Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2014-DN-BX-K014	$588,326	Closed
2014	Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Drug and Drug Metabolite Screening Directly fromPostmortem Blood Samples	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2014-R2-CX-K007	$273,826	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
2015	Analytical Validation and Impact Assessment of On-Site Evidence Screening via Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2015-IJ-CX-K011	$299,753	Closed