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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2009-DN-BX-K117 $947,152 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2009 SOLVING COLD CASES FROM DFS SEROLOGY CASE FILES -- 1973-1988 NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K046 $490,960 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