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: 43
Total Amount Awarded: $13,953,010

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	15PNIJ-23-GG-04211-SLFO	$604,409	Open
2023	Policing Leadership and Accountability: Harnessing Big Data and Causal Inference for Evaluating Police Reform Practices	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	15PNIJ-23-GG-05487-RESS	$972,083	Open
2020	Forensic tool to identify fall characteristics in infant skull fracture	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	2020-75-CX-0014	$557,607	Open
2016	A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IsoForensics, Inc.	UT	2016-DN-BX-0157	$268,648	Closed
2016	Skull fracture patterns from head impact in infants	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	2016-DN-BX-0160	$590,938	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancment and Backlog Reduction Program - Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2015-DN-BX-0024	$366,258	Closed
2015	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY 2015- Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2015-CD-BX-0024	$69,326	Closed
2015	Prediction of Drug Interactions with Methadone, Buprenorphine and Oxycodone from in vitro Inhibition of Metabolism: A Continuation	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Utah	UT	2015-IJ-CX-K009	$1,276,160	Closed
2014	Data mining PCC annual reports	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Utah	UT	2014-R2-CX-K012	$176,030	Closed
2014	Factors Promoting Risk or Resilience Among Polyvictimized Youth in the Juvenile Justice System	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence	University of Utah	UT	2014-R2-CX-0020	$816,031	Closed
2014	Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Utah	UT	2014-DN-BX-0003	$35,000	Closed
2014	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY 2014- Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2014-CD-BX-0038	$64,966	Closed
2014	Salt Lake City Police Department Solving Homicide and Forcible Rape Cold Cases with DNA Project	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Salt Lake City Corporation	UT	2014-DN-BX-K075	$270,000	Closed
2013	FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2013-DN-BX-0115	$374,634	Closed
2013	Isotope Analyses of Hair as a Trace Evidence Tool to Reconstruct Human Movements: Establishing the Effects of the "Human Ecosystem" On Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Ratios	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IsoForensics, Inc.	UT	2013-DN-BX-K009	$367,399	Closed
2013	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY 2013 - Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2013-CD-BX-0032	$59,427	Closed
2012	FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2012-DN-BX-0110	$372,125	Closed
2012	FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake	UT	2012-DN-BX-K029	$303,645	Closed
2012	Genome-Wide Forensic DNA Analysis	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Utah	UT	2012-DN-BX-K037	$541,266	Closed
2012	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY 2012- Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2012-CD-BX-0055	$64,474	Closed
2011	FY 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2011-DN-BX-K455	$417,873	Closed
2011	Isotope Analyses of Hair as a Trace Evidence Tool to Reconstruct Human Movements: Combining Strontium Isotope with Hydrogen/Oxygen Isotope Data	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IsoForensics, Inc.	UT	2011-DN-BX-K544	$342,606	Closed
2011	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY 2011-Utah Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2011-CD-BX-0034	$173,058	Closed
2011	Prediction of drug interactions with methadone, buprenorphine and oxycodone from in vitro inhibition of metabolism	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Utah	UT	2011-DN-BX-K532	$1,058,604	Closed
2010	2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program-Utah Department of Public Safety	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Utah Department of Public Safety	UT	2010-CD-BX-0021	$205,425	Closed