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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.

This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Conformity assessment AND Standards

Number of Awards: 64
Total Amount Awarded: $53,749,341

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Expert Algorithm to Identify Seized Drugs from Tandem Mass Spectra NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-24-GG-03856-RESS $399,300 Open
2023 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center NIJ FY23 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-23-GK-00931-NIJB $3,500,000 Open
2023 Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO $467,325 Open
2023 Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS $110,966 Open
2023 Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO $495,637 Open
2023 New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01426-RESS $441,886 Open
2023 Pivoting Headspace Ethanol Analysis to Accommodate Modern Day Scenarios NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01424-MUMU $371,593 Open
2023 Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS $57,425 Open
2022 Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO $1,087,985 Open
2022 Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS $50,000 Open
2021 Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Operation of the Secretariat of SC 37 under JTC 1 of ISO/IEC AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS $50,000 Open
2020 Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2020-DQ-BX-0010 $476,517 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standards Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2020-R2-CX-0024 $100,000 Closed
2020 Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED DC 2016-IJ-CX-0112 $44,000 Closed
2020 Isotope Analysis of Modern Remains in Forensics: Optimizing Sample Preparation Methods for Accurate and Reliable Carbonate and Collagen Isotope Analysis Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-R2-CX-0034 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 NeuroResource Facilitation for Improved Re-Entry Outcomes for Offenders with Brain Injury: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI NY 2020-75-CX-0007 $2,512,329 Open
2019 Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY19 Continuations AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED DC 2016-IJ-CX-0112 $46,100 Closed
2018 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $3,500,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Ensuring standards and enhancing the field of predictive biometrics using a globally-diverse genotype-phenotype database NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-DU-BX-0219 $651,242 Closed
2018 Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY18 Continuations AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED DC 2016-IJ-CX-0112 $47,000 Closed
2018 Oklahoma Multi-Site Family Drug Court Model Standards Study (OKMSS) Legacy OJJDP Research Grants OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OK 2018-DC-BX-0007 $1,000,000 Open
2018 The PbS Learning Institute, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), and the VERA Institute of Justice, propose to develop new reentry measurement standards. Legacy OJJDP Research Grants PbS Learning Institute, Inc. MA 2015-CZ-BX-K002 $750,000 Closed
2017 A proposal to operate the National Criminal Justice Technology Resource Center. NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications Leidos Innovations Corporation MD 2014-IJ-CX-K404 $7,069,658 Closed
2017 Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno NV 2015-DN-BX-K409 $404,255 Open
2017 Funding to support the operation of the Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY17 Office of Science and Technology Continuations AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED DC 2016-IJ-CX-0112 $42,000 Closed