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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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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,921
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,422,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate Microscopic Characteristics of Skeletal Trauma NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA AZ 15PNIJ-24-GG-03844-MUMU $691,362 Open
2024 Identifying Class and Individual Characteristics of Printer Marks on Additively Manufactured Firearm Components NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-25-RO-0001 $389,657 Open
2024 Improving Fire Pattern Analysis Using Non-Invasive Sensor Technologies NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes JENSEN HUGHES INC MD 15PNIJ-24-GG-03845-RESS $630,560 Open
2024 Improving the Data Interpretation Process in Forensic Fire Debris Analysis NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-24-GG-03847-NIJB $179,968 Past Project Period End Date
2024 Investigations Toward Development of a Technique for Rapid Identification of Forensically Relevant Necrophagous Beetle Species for Postmortem Interval Determination NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-24-GG-01567-RESS $111,822 Open
2024 MOSAIC: Unifying Methods of Sex, Stature, Affinity, & Age for Identification through Computational Standardization NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-24-GG-03840-NIJB $2,062,069 Open
2024 Nanoparticle-Decorated Micropillars As Integrated Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Quantitative and High-Throughput Toxicology Drug Analysis NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04235-RESS $347,330 Open
2024 Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Opioids: Towards a Generalized Approach to Detection of Dangerous Drug Classes NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Naval Research Laboratory GRANT14119305 $624,483 Open
2024 Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute NIJ FY24 Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 15PNIJ-24-GK-00981-COAP $2,000,000 Open
2024 On the reliability of the forensic examination of electrical tapes and the influence of alteration sources encountered in casework NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-03853-RESD $216,195 Open
2024 Quantitative Evaluation of Hemp-Derived Vape Products for Accurate Labeling, Identification of Unknowns, and Stability NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-25-RO-0003 $300,000 Open
2024 Research and Development for the Creation of Validated Protocols for the Forensic Detection and Quantification of Psilocybin and Psilocin in Complex Edible Matrices NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-24-GG-03848-MUMU $781,087 Open
2024 Research and Development of an Approach for Non-invasive Determination of Cannabis Ingestion for Forensic Science Purposes NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-04236-RESS $407,064 Open
2024 Semi-empirical Kinetics Model for Fingerprint Aging NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-24-GG-03855-MUMU $399,437 Open
2024 Statistical Foundations of Score-Based Methods in Forensic Identification of Source Problems” NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SD 15PNIJ-23-GG-04232-MUMU $303,714 Open
2024 The Impact of Processing and Sampling Procedures on the Integrity of Forensically Relevant Biomolecules in Bones NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-03841-SLFO $823,669 Open
2024 The potential of hybridization capture to permit species identification in challenging leathers NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 15PNIJ-24-GG-01549-MUMU $232,857 Open
2024 Validating the ASB 122: Best Practice Recommendation for Performing Alcohol Calculations in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-24-GG-01546-RESS $676,376 Open
2024 What about us? Formative evaluation of forensic nursing program delivery of intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UT 15PNIJ-24-GG-01741-NONF $575,200 Open
2023 Accuracy, Efficacy, and Reproducibility of Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determination using Gunshot Residue NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NOBLIS, INC. VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04222-MUMU $872,282 Open
2023 Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002 $400,000 Open
2023 An Image Analysis Framework for Objective Color Interpretation of Seized Drug Tests NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-23-GG-04210-SLFO $392,196 Open
2023 Analytical Challenges with Proliferating THC Analogues NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01421-COAP $726,360 Open
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
2023 Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS $111,000 Open