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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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State: IN,
City: INDIANAPOLIS

Number of Awards: 84
Total Amount Awarded: $34,739,341

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Resource Facilitation: A promising initiative shown to decrease recidivism in exiting offenders with traumatic brain injury Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 RHI FOUNDATION INC IN 2019-R2-CX-0030 $792,751 Open
2018 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY18 Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $47,896 Closed
2018 Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-75-CX-0034 $445,244 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Ensuring standards and enhancing the field of predictive biometrics using a globally-diverse genotype-phenotype database NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-DU-BX-0219 $651,242 Closed
2018 Identification of Drugs in Powders, Tablets, Liquids, and Plant Material Via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-75-CX-0035 $96,469 Closed
2018 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0015 $150,000 Closed
2018 Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0023 $77,768 Closed
2017 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA. NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $39,569 Closed
2017 Coupling Gas Chromatography (GC) and Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0018 $370,180 Closed
2017 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $48,666 Closed
2017 Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2017-DN-BX-0172 $229,923 Past Project Period End Date
2016 An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $38,683 Closed
2016 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $48,406 Closed
2015 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $37,788 Closed
2015 Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-DN-BX-K058 $190,223 Closed
2015 Backlog Reduction/Quality Improvement Project NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Indiana Criminal Justice Institute IN 2015-CD-BX-0021 $157,033 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Indiana State Police IN 2015-DN-BX-0030 $728,110 Closed
2015 FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency IN 2015-DN-BX-0059 $595,727 Closed
2014 FY 2014 Indianapolis Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Indianapolis IN 2014-DN-BX-K084 $255,869 Closed
2014 Improving the prediction of human quantitative pigmentation traits such as eye, hair and skin color using a worldwide representation panel of US and European individuals NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2014-DN-BX-K031 $1,123,404 Closed
2014 Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Drug and Drug Metabolite Screening Directly fromPostmortem Blood Samples NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2014-R2-CX-K007 $273,826 Closed
2014 Statewide effort to achieve backlog reduction and improve the quality of forensic sciences in Indiana. NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Indiana Criminal Justice Institute IN 2014-CD-BX-0065 $147,157 Closed
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Indiana State Police IN 2013-DN-BX-0007 $816,712 Closed
2013 FY13 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency IN 2013-DN-BX-0042 $511,142 Closed
2013 Indiana's base and competitive Coverdell grant proposals seek to reduce the case backlog and improve the quality and completeness of forensic services at the Indiana State Police, Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Indiana Criminal Justice Institute IN 2013-CD-BX-0031 $136,061 Closed