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	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2010	Interpretation of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris Analysis: Effect of Competitive Adsoprtion, Development of an Expert System and Assessment of the False Positive/Incorrect Assignment Rate	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2010-DN-BX-K272	$540,752	Closed
2015	Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	Department of Forensic Science	VA	2015-DN-BX-K008	$149,504	Closed
2015	Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool.	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	Washington State Patrol	WA	2015-DN-BX-K055	$150,000	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
2006	Development and Production of Reference Materials for Control and Calibration of Hair Drug Testing	NIJ FY06 Research and Development in the Area of Forensic Toxicology Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2006-DN-BX-K012	$212,344	Closed
2006	Evaluation of New and Nobel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screening	NIJ FY06 Research and Development in the Area of Forensic Toxicology Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2006-DN-BX-K014	$484,545	Closed
2006	An Investigation of the Effect of DNA Degradation and Inhibition on PCR Amplification of Single Source and Mixed Forensic Samples	NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	Florida International University	FL	2006-DN-BX-K006	$347,399	Closed
2006	Analysis of DNA Forensic Markers Using High Throughput Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	CA	2006-DN-BX-K011	$451,382	Closed
2006	Characterization of Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) Synthetic By-Products for Source and Route Determination	NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications	University of Central Florida	FL	2006-DN-BX-K009	$257,134	Closed
2006	Forensic Analysis of Ink, Arson, Explosive, and Controlled-Substance Samples Using a Revolutionary Mass Spectrometry Method	NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications	Iowa State University	IA	2006-DN-BX-K017	$414,145	Closed
2008	Designer Amphetamines in Forensic Toxicology: Analysis and Prevalence	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Toxicology: Invited Full Proposals	Sam Houston State University	TX	2008-DN-BX-K126	$226,550	Closed
2018	IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-R2-CX-0015	$150,000	Closed
2018	Analysis and Characterization of Smokeless Powders and Smokeless Powder Residues	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2018-R2-CX-0008	$150,000	Closed
2015	Development of Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometric and Multivariate Statistical Analysis Methods for Rapid High Throughput Analysis and Identification of Psychotropic Plant Species	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2015-DN-BX-K057	$688,158	Closed
2015	Statistical and Mass Spectral Tools for the Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2015-IJ-CX-K008	$239,652	Closed
2015	Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-DN-BX-K058	$190,223	Closed
2015	Forensic Identification Using Individual Chemical Signatures	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego	CA	2015-DN-BX-K047	$1,518,268	Closed
2015	Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2015-DN-BX-K048	$212,875	Closed
2015	Monitoring Changes in the Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Market through Enhanced Identification of Emerging Drugs and their Metabolites in Biological Samples	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation	PA	2015-IJ-CX-K012	$378,153	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
2015	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$49,799	Closed
2015	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$46,008	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Sample Preparation Techniques for Matrix Effects and Absolute Recovery Using UPLC-MS/MS Using Opiates and Liver Tissue Specimens as the Model and Application to Post-Mortem Toxicology	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-DN-BX-0148	$91,017	Closed
2016	Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint for Forensic Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2016-DN-BX-0190	$362,037	Closed
2016	Novel concept for fingerprint analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2016-DN-BX-0188	$235,894	Closed