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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: Texas State University

Number of Awards: 21
Total Amount Awarded: $10,912,742

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-01578-RESS $180,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Defining the Properties of Osseointegrated and Ingrowth Bone Around Orthopedic Medical Devices and Their Effect on Fracture Risk in Elderly Populations: A Forensic Anthropological Perspective NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-01583-RESS $180,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Enhancing Equitable Forensic Identification: An Evaluation of Pelvic Morphology for Parity Detection and Age Estimation in Unidentified Skeletal Remains NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-01579-RESS $180,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 The Mortal Tragedy: Analyzing Body Disposal Patterns in Homicide Cases NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-01947-RESS $166,500 Open
2022 Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO $1,087,985 Open
2021 Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO $349,970 Open
2021 Improving investigations and community relations through the training of evidence-based interviewing skills in frontline officers Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-02716-RESS $497,785 Open
2020 An examination of musculoskeletal markers in modern populations for forensic analysis and identification purposes Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0042 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Body mass estimation using bone micro- and macro-structure: a practical approach using CT imaging and computer analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0048 $683,542 Open
2020 Finding the Missing and Unidentified: The Application of Predictive Modeling, Ground-Penetrating Radar, and Small Unmanned Aircraft-Mounted Infrared Imagery for the Detection of Unmarked Graves Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0043 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Skeletal Blast Trauma: determining the effect of known and experimental blast events on trauma patterns, fracture behavior, and blast scene recovery approaches Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0041 $150,000 Open
2019 A Multifactorial Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Hispanics Using Cranial and Dental Data Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-R2-CX-0050 $150,000 Closed
2019 Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-DU-BX-0027 $286,468 Closed
2019 Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-R2-CX-0052 $150,000 Closed
2018 Investigation of subadult dental age-at-death estimation using transition analysis and machine learning methods NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-DU-BX-0182 $898,550 Closed
2016 A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Comprehensive, Research-Based Framework for Implementing School-Based Law Enforcement Programs Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2016-CK-BX-0003 $4,315,804 Closed
2014 Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Texas State University TX 2014-IJ-CX-0037 $389,690 Closed
2013 Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making Texas State University-San Marcos TX 2013-R2-CX-0003 $377,528 Closed
2012 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Texas State University San Marcos TX 2011-DN-BX-K838 $417,595 Closed
2010 Project Identification: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Texas State University TX 2008-DN-BX-K464 $73,742 Closed
2009 Project IDENTIFICATION: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Texas State University TX 2008-DN-BX-K464 $77,583 Closed