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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
2008 Development of a Thin Layer Chromatography Method for the Separation of Enantiomers Using Chiral Mobile Phase Additives NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Controlled Substances: Invited Full Proposals Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K140 $49,774 Closed
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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