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: 19
Total Amount Awarded: $10,283,886

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Development of a Self-sustaining, Open Access Forensic STR Sequence Diversity Database	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NC State University	NC	2015-DN-BX-K062	$945,746	Closed
2015	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes (DVI)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-DN-BX-K066	$724,799	Closed
2013	Development of improved insertion-deletion assays for human and ancestral identifications from degraded samples	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2013-DN-BX-K036	$329,233	Closed
2013	Genetic Analysis of Facial Shape and Appearance	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Colorado Denver	CO	2013-DN-BX-K005	$514,432	Closed
2013	Genomewide Association of Quantitative pigmentary traits in admixed US populations	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Cincinnati	OH	2013-DN-BX-K011	$663,636	Closed
2013	High resolution SNP panels for forensic identification of ancestry, family, and phenotype.	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Yale University	CT	2013-DN-BX-K023	$952,255	Closed
2012	Body fluid Identification using epigenetic methylation markers and pyrosequencing	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Florida International University	FL	2012-DN-BX-K018	$316,850	Closed
2012	Deep Sequencing for Identification and Characterization of MicroRNAs in Forensically Important Biological Fluids	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2012-DN-BX-K017	$309,918	Closed
2011	Forensic Identification of an Individual in Complex Mixtures Utilizing SNP Technology	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Orchid Cellmark	TX	2011-DN-BX-K555	$224,968	Closed
2010	A Microfluidic Microarray Instrument to Type SNPs for Physical Appearance	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	Akonni Biosystems Inc.	MD	2010-DN-BX-K209	$499,198	Closed
2010	Characterization of X Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeat Markers for Forensic Use	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	American Registry of Pathology	MD	2011-DN-BX-K401	$81,567	Closed
2010	Development of a Proteomic Assay for Menstrual Blood, Vaginal Fluid and Species Identification	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2010-DN-BX-K192	$418,824	Closed
2010	Further Development of SNP Panels for Forensics	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	Yale University	CT	2010-DN-BX-K225	$1,351,352	Closed
2009	Development of a SNP Assay Panel for Ancestral Origin Inference and Individuals Somatic Traits	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	The George Washington University	DC	2009-DN-BX-K178	$255,918	Closed
2008	High Throughput Mass Spectrometry to Exploit Genetic Differences in Same-Length STR Alleles	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	Ibis Biosciences, Inc., a Subsidiary of Isis Pharmaceuticals	CA	2008-DN-BX-K304	$649,821	Closed
2008	Identifying and Communicating Genetic Determinants of Facial Features:Practical Considerations in Forensic Molecular Photofitting	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	The Pennsylvania State University	PA	2008-DN-BX-K125	$500,000	Closed
2005	The Determination of the Physical Characteristics of an Individual from Biological Stains	Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application	University of Central Florida Office of Research	FL	2005-MU-BX-K075	$224,776	Closed
2004	Population Genetics of SNPs for Forensic Purposes	Forensic DNA Research & Development	Yale University	CT	2004-DN-BX-K025	$824,540	Closed
2002	Gene Polymorphism and Human Pigmentation	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002	Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona	AZ	2002-IJ-CX-K010	$496,053	Closed