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: 60
Total Amount Awarded: $20,556,571

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open
2021	Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO	$532,833	Open
2017	Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2017-DN-BX-0145	$598,632	Closed
2016	Effective Methods To Assess Exposure To Violence And Victimization Among American Indian And Alaska Native Youth: Phases 3 and 4	Non-solicited Applications	American Indian Development Associates, LLC	NM	2014-MU-MU-K001	$367,798	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-K002	$619,325	Closed
2016	Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE	NM	2016-DN-BX-0144	$702,654	Closed
2016	Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-0173	$714,891	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Applied Research Associates, Inc.	NM	2016-DN-BX-0161	$209,408	Closed
2015	Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Phase II	NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	American Indian Development Associates, LLC	NM	2014-MU-MU-K001	$536,941	Closed
2015	FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Second Competitive Grant	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2015-CD-BX-0072	$224,835	Closed
2015	Statewide	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2015-DN-BX-0117	$720,453	Closed
2014	Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth	NIJ FY 14 Methodological Research to Support NIJ's Program of Research Examining Violence and Victimization of American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) Youth	American Indian Development Associates, LLC	NM	2014-MU-MU-K001	$421,104	Closed
2014	New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program Grant	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2014-CD-BX-0004	$63,029	Closed
2014	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2014-DY-BX-K005	$620,269	Closed
2013	FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2013-DN-BX-0064	$748,252	Closed
2013	Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2013-DN-BX-K004	$498,616	Closed
2013	New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program Grant	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2013-CD-BX-0034	$58,186	Closed
2012	FY 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2012-DN-BX-0058	$702,235	Closed
2012	Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2012-DN-BX-K019	$574,868	Closed
2012	New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2012-CD-BX-0036	$63,517	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2011-DN-BX-K464	$808,675	Closed
2011	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Improvement Grant Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2011-CD-BX-0021	$166,108	Closed
2010	2010 Paul Coverdell	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2010-CD-BX-0053	$323,259	Closed
2010	FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - NM Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	State of New Mexico	NM	2010-DN-BX-K063	$410,730	Closed
2010	FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Albuquerque Police Department	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	City of Albuquerque	NM	2010-DN-BX-K107	$182,756	Closed