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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: Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Number of Awards: 17
Total Amount Awarded: $13,994,863

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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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