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: 127
Total Amount Awarded: $50,644,407

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2016-DN-BX-0007	$48,666	Closed
2017	Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-DN-BX-0172	$229,923	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Nanostructural Characterization of Ballistic Fiber Degradation	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Purdue University	IN	2016-R2-CX-0011	$49,925	Closed
2016	An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-R2-CX-0023	$38,683	Closed
2016	Development of a Portable 3D Imaging System for Capturing Shoe and Tire Impressions	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Purdue University	IN	2016-DN-BX-0189	$788,167	Closed
2016	Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2016-DN-BX-0007	$48,406	Closed
2016	Drugs, DUI, and Crime? What Are the Effects of Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado?	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Purdue University	IN	2016-R2-CX-0008	$32,000	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	Nanostructural Characterization of Ballistic Fiber Degradation	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Purdue University	IN	2016-R2-CX-0011	$49,925	Closed
2016	NIJ Evaluation of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program	Evaluation of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2016-BJ-BX-K069	$789,552	Closed
2015	An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe.	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-R2-CX-0023	$37,788	Closed
2015	Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-DN-BX-K058	$190,223	Closed
2015	Backlog Reduction/Quality Improvement Project	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Indiana Criminal Justice Institute	IN	2015-CD-BX-0021	$157,033	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Indiana State Police	IN	2015-DN-BX-0030	$728,110	Closed
2015	FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	IN	2015-DN-BX-0059	$595,727	Closed
2015	Reading Intervention, Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for Adolescents: A Community Agency and University Partnership Project	NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	Ball State University	IN	2015-IJ-CX-0011	$388,478	Closed
2014	Coverdale Fort Wayne Police Department Digital Forensic Lab Quality Improvement and Backlog Reduction Project	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Fort Wayne	IN	2014-CD-BX-0072	$68,500	Closed
2014	FY 2014 Indianapolis Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City of Indianapolis	IN	2014-DN-BX-K084	$255,869	Closed
2014	Improving the prediction of human quantitative pigmentation traits such as eye, hair and skin color using a worldwide representation panel of US and European individuals	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2014-DN-BX-K031	$1,123,404	Closed
2014	Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Drug and Drug Metabolite Screening Directly fromPostmortem Blood Samples	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2014-R2-CX-K007	$273,826	Closed
2014	Soft Armor Non-Destructive Evaluation Test Method: Vibration Energy SignatureTest (VEST)	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Purdue University	IN	2014-MU-CX-K004	$500,000	Closed
2014	Statewide effort to achieve backlog reduction and improve the quality of forensic sciences in Indiana.	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Indiana Criminal Justice Institute	IN	2014-CD-BX-0065	$147,157	Closed
2013	FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Indiana State Police	IN	2013-DN-BX-0007	$816,712	Closed
2013	FY13 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	IN	2013-DN-BX-0042	$511,142	Closed
2013	Indiana's base and competitive Coverdell grant proposals seek to reduce the case backlog and improve the quality and completeness of forensic services at the Indiana State Police, Forensic Laboratory	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Indiana Criminal Justice Institute	IN	2013-CD-BX-0031	$136,061	Closed