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: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $52,268,688

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Audio Deepfake Detection for Forensics and Security	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER	NY	15PNIJ-23-GG-01933-RESS	$64,003	Open
2021	Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS	$600,984	Open
2020	Cyberstalking - Research and Evaluation to Enhance Criminal Justice	Research and Evaluation of Technology-Facilitated Abuse for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2020-R2-CX-0002	$599,368	Closed
2020	Evaluation of Digital Evidence Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2020-DQ-BX-0016	$348,052	Past Project Period End Date
2020	FileTSAR+ An Elastic Network Forensic Toolkit for Law Enforcement	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2020-DQ-BX-0008	$400,973	Closed
2019	What You Can't Buy, Can't Kill You	Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	AL	2019-R2-CX-0019	$641,016	Closed
2018	Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0181	$354,751	Closed
2017	Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2017	Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	Grier Forensics, LLC	MD	2014-IJ-CX-K401	$146,593	Closed
2016	Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0182	$204,725	Closed
2016	Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2016-R2-CX-0013	$50,000	Closed
2016	Devlan: Automated Acquisition of Digital Evidence from Large Networks	Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program	Grier Forensics, LLC	MD	2016-IJ-CX-K002	$368,410	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Maryland Department of State Police	MD	2016-DN-BX-K006	$319,850	Closed
2016	File Toolkit for Selective Analysis & Reconstruction (File TSAR) for Large Scale Computer Networks	Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program	Purdue University	IN	2016-MU-MU-K091	$487,440	Closed
2016	Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Pittsburgh	PA	2016-R2-CX-0010	$49,356	Closed
2015	A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2015-DN-BX-K012	$423,959	Closed
2015	Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing	NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	RAND Corporation	CA	2014-IJ-CX-K102	$119,345	Closed
2015	Acquisition of new equipment for Digital Forensics Lab	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Saco	ME	2015-CD-BX-0019	$57,217	Closed
2015	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2015-DN-BX-K032	$217,450	Closed
2015	Expansion and Development of the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office Forensic Section	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office	MT	2015-CD-BX-0076	$133,397	Closed
2015	Improvement to Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Laboratory Services through Implementation of a Laboratory Information Management System	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Wilmington NC	NC	2015-CD-BX-0040	$165,000	Closed
2015	Orlando Police Department ForensicLaboratory Equipment Upgrade	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Orlando	FL	2015-CD-BX-0033	$174,963	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	Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors	NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Vesaria LLC d/b/a Grier Forensics	NJ	2014-IJ-CX-K001	$71,966	Closed
2014	Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing	NIJ FY 14 New Approaches to Digital Evidence Processing and Storage	RAND Corporation	CA	2014-IJ-CX-K102	$677,668	Closed