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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: VA,
City: Richmond

Number of Awards: 89
Total Amount Awarded: $43,108,170

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01426-RESS $441,886 Open
2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Virginia Department of Health VA 2003-DN-BX-0051 $81,589 Closed
2017 Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2017-DN-BX-0186 $311,609 Closed
2014 Methods for obtaining STR???quality touch DNA from archived fingerprints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-DN-BX-K013 $255,047 Closed
2010 Identifying the Missing in Virginia 2010 NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2010-DN-BX-K130 $468,640 Closed
2008 Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K128 $4,520,295 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2011-DN-BX-K421 $1,447,358 Closed
2015 FY 2015 Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction - Virginia DFS NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2015-DN-BX-0046 $913,390 Closed
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2013-DN-BX-0079 $990,871 Closed
2012 FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2012-DN-BX-0021 $1,165,649 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - VA Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K080 $950,167 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - VA Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K020 $171,579 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2008-DN-BX-K036 $942,280 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2007-DN-BX-K159 $1,019,118 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) - Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2007-DN-BX-K004 $360,000 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2006-DN-BX-K120 $385,992 Closed
2006 FY 2006 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - VA Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2006-DN-BX-K153 $768,640 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K154 $443,682 Closed
2020 Front-end differentiation of contributor cell populations and estimation of DNA content in trace biological samples using novel cellular signatures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2020-DQ-BX-0023 $382,296 Open
2015 Front End Separation of Compromised Blood Mixtures for Single Source DNA Profiling NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2015-DN-BX-K024 $295,236 Closed
2007 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program for Digital Evidence Utilizing ILook Software NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence NW3C Inc. The National White Collar Crime Center VA 2007-DN-BX-K205 $290,249 Closed
2008 Forensic Pathology Fellowship Recruitment and Training Program NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine VA 2008-DN-BX-K200 $981,178 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2005 - Virginia Department of Forensic Science Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2005-DN-BX-K070 $539,204 Closed
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - FY 2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2004-DN-BX-K160 $796,725 Closed
2016 Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0151 $443,598 Closed