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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Number of Awards: 52
Total Amount Awarded: $51,857,944

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Expert Algorithm to Identify Seized Drugs from Tandem Mass Spectra	NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-24-GG-03856-RESS	$399,300	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023	Developmental Validation of a Novel Multi-analyte Recovery Method for Trace Biological Samples	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04207-DNAX	$494,268	Open
2023	Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO	$564,733	Open
2022	Assessing the reliability of modern µXRF technology for expanded impact on the forensic examination and interpretation of trace evidence	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-03571-SLFO	$388,814	Open
2022	Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS	$623,965	Open
2021	Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP	$327,405	Closed
2020	Assessing the Strength of Trace Evidence Fracture Fits Through a Comprehensive, Systematic, and Quantifiable Approach	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2020-DQ-BX-0012	$466,543	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2020-DQ-BX-0010	$476,517	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Development of a Baseline Survey of Random Presence of Glass and Paint for the Interpretation of Evidence in the U.S. Courts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0015	$326,820	Closed
2019	Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0037	$100,000	Closed
2019	Fast On-site Screening of Seized Drugs by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Tools: Identification of Fentanyl and Novel Psychoactive Substances	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2019-DU-BX-0030	$267,438	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0041	$99,618	Closed
2019	Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0044	$100,000	Closed
2018	Characterization of Modern Ammunition and Background Profiles: A Novel Approach and Probabilistic Interpretation of Inorganic Gunshot Residue	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2018-R2-CX-0009	$100,000	Closed
2018	Fast Screening of Firearm Discharge Residues by Laser-based Spectrochemical Methods, Electrochemical Sensors, and Chemometrics	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-DU-BX-0186	$379,394	Closed
2018	Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-MU-MU-0003	$178,080	Closed
2018	Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0033	$368,415	Closed
2018	Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0032	$985,950	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2017	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$47,916	Closed
2017	Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2017-DN-BX-0161	$378,501	Closed
2016	Development of a White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Individuals	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0032	$49,977	Closed
2016	Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2016-DN-BX-0152	$213,735	Closed
2015	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed