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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: 44
Total Amount Awarded: $32,085,776

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 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 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 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01424-MUMU $371,593 Open
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 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO $141,921 Open
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 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2020-DQ-BX-0017 $290,353 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2018 A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0174 $176,490 Closed
2018 A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resol NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0168 $448,063 Closed
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
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 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
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Washington, DC Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2015-DN-BX-0028 $437,802 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2015-DN-BX-0084 $1,173,851 Closed
2013 "FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES" NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2013-DN-BX-0107 $1,242,058 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
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2013-DN-BX-0111 $438,971 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
2012 FY2012 FORENSIC DNA BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2012-DN-BX-0062 $1,116,829 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA BACKLOG REDUCTION PROGRAM - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2011-DN-BX-K423 $1,489,966 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
2010 FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2010-DN-BX-K034 $593,807 Closed
2010 FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2010-DN-BX-K115 $977,422 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
2010 Virginia DFS 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2010-DN-BX-K120 $920,520 Closed
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
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