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: 32
Total Amount Awarded: $10,596,504

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS	$110,998	Open
2021	Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO	$567,682	Open
2015	Failure to Appear: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims Experience with the Juvenile Justice System and their Readiness to Change	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Board of Regents, NSHE obo University of Nevada Las Vegas	NV	2015-VF-GX-0064	$623,607	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2015-DN-BX-0112	$598,279	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2013-DN-BX-0090	$604,591	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2012-DN-BX-0105	$1,009,635	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner, Clark County, Nevada	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Clark County, Nevada	NV	2011-CD-BX-0095	$175,000	Closed
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2011-DN-BX-K439	$839,498	Closed
2011	Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Application-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2010-DN-BX-K201	$139,732	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2010-DN-BX-K028	$109,410	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2010-DN-BX-K076	$872,138	Closed
2010	Improving the quality and timeliness of Coroner/Medical Examiner services in Clark County, Nevada	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Clark County, Nevada	NV	2010-CD-BX-0079	$175,000	Closed
2010	Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2010-DN-BX-K201	$118,322	Closed
2009	Effects of Data Quality on Predictive Hotspot Mapping	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Las Vegas	NV	2009-IJ-CX-0022	$193,040	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2009-DN-BX-K057	$489,000	Closed
2009	FY2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2009-DN-BX-K025	$102,025	Closed
2009	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2009-DN-BX-K193	$499,695	Closed
2009	Using DNA Technology to Identify the Unidentified and Missing	NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Clark County, Nevada	NV	2009-DN-BX-K195	$400,000	Closed
2008	FY 2008 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2008-DN-BX-K015	$227,220	Closed
2008	FY2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2008-DN-BX-K054	$500,000	Closed
2008	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2008-CD-BX-0085	$95,000	Closed
2007	2007 Convicted Offender Backlog	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2008-DN-BX-K001	$66,227	Closed
2007	FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2007-DN-BX-K133	$251,695	Closed
2007	Latent Fingerprint Backlog Reduction Project	NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2007-CD-BX-0019	$71,664	Closed
2006	LVMPD DNA Capacity Grant	NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2006-DN-BX-K185	$181,261	Closed