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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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Awardee Name: DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Number of Awards: 45
Total Amount Awarded: $32,860,533

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Evaluation of an Emerging Automated Searching Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Latent Print Comparisons Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2016-DN-BX-K004 $216,225 Closed
2020 Expanded Quantitative Cannabinoid Testing in Biological Specimens to Combat the Ever Changing Cannabis Landscape Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2020-DQ-BX-0017 $290,353 Past Project Period End Date
2009 Forensic Research and Operations NIJ FY09 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2009-D1-BX-K014 $1,000,000 Closed
2007 Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for Forensic DNA Casework Backlog National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2007-RG-CX-K012 $500,000 Closed
2006 FY2006 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2006-DN-BX-K215 $711,269 Closed
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program (FY2004) DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2004-DN-BX-K066 $404,856 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2005 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2005-DA-BX-K004 $555,601 Closed
2008 FY2008 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2008-DN-BX-K038 $497,241 Closed
2006 NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2006-DN-BX-K038 $357,181 Closed
2007 FY2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2007-DN-BX-K115 $691,401 Closed
2007 FY2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2007-DN-BX-K011 $528,000 Closed
2003 AL C.O. DNA Backlog Reduction (In-House Analysis) National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2003-DN-BX-K108 $957,600 Closed
2003 No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2003-DN-BX-K001 $774,757 Closed
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program (FY2004) Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2004-DN-BX-K149 $703,708 Closed
2006 NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2006-DN-BX-K234 $396,000 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2005 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2005-DN-BX-K053 $482,225 Closed
2005 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program
(In-House Analysis) Solicitation Fiscal Year 2005 		Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2005-DN-BX-K040 $863,280 Closed
2022 FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO $141,921 Open
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
2023 Pivoting Headspace Ethanol Analysis to Accommodate Modern Day Scenarios 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-01424-MUMU $371,593 Open