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Awards Listing

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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As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects; forensic laboratory enhancement activities; and fellowship programs.

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State: VA,
District: 4

Number of Awards: 88
Total Amount Awarded: $47,270,584

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Open
2019 Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2019-DU-BX-0041 $469,468 Open
2019 NIJ FY19 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA, FY 2019 Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2019-CD-BX-0049 $487,591 Open
2019 Strengthening the Medical Examiner System in Virginia Strengthening the Medical Examiner - Coroner System Program, FY 2019 Virginia Department of Health, Office Chief Medical Examiner VA 2019-DU-BX-0034 $100,000 Open
2019 The Effects of Synthetic Cathinone Chirality on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics and Its Implications for Forensic Toxicology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2019-R2-CX-0046 $149,960 Open
2019 Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2019-MU-MU-0007 $1,241,355 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2019 Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2019-DU-BX-0003 $399,699 Open
2019 Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2019-NE-BX-0005 $169,628 Open
2019 Virginia DFS CEBR Project 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019 Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2019-DN-BX-0044 $1,656,427 Open
2018 A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Department of Forensic Science VA 2018-DU-BX-0174 $176,490 Open
2018 A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resol NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Department of Forensic Science VA 2018-DU-BX-0168 $448,063 Open
2018 DNA Analysis and the Postmortem Submersion Interval from the Microbiome of Waterlogged Skeletal Remains NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2018-R2-CX-0016 $49,981 Open
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2018-DN-BX-0041 $1,297,996 Open
2018 NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2018-CD-BX-0037 $502,354 Open
2018 Strengthening the Medical Examiner System in Virginia NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program Virginia Dept of Health,Office of the Chief Medical Examiner VA 2018-DU-BX-0147 $99,062 Open
2018 Through the E-Cigarette Looking Glass: The Impact of Vaping Ethanol on DUI Investigations NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2018-75-CX-0036 $517,961 Open
2017 2017 Paul Coverdell Formula Grant NIJ FY17 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Formula) Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2017-CD-BX-0046 $200,228 Closed
2017 Development of Matrix Matched Quality Control Materials and Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of Marijuana Infused Products and their Application to Edible Testing NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2017-R2-CX-0029 $215,830 Open
2017 Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2017-DN-BX-0186 $311,609 Open
2017 Strengthening the Medical Examiner System in Virginia NIJ FY17 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program Virginia Department of Health, Office Chief Medical Examiner VA 2017-DN-BX-0180 $95,184 Closed
2017 Virginia DFS FY 2017 Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY17 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2017-DN-BX-0117 $1,376,805 Open
2016 2016 Paul Coverdell Grant Program Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2016-CD-BX-0045 $218,912 Closed
2016 A rotational platform-driven microdevice for differential separation, purification, & amplification of sexual assault forensic samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-NE-BX-0002 $676,460 Closed
2016 Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0150 $139,233 Closed
2016 Developmental validation of a miRNA panel for forensic body fluid identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0163 $256,626 Open