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: 2,555
Total Amount Awarded: $1,316,057,685

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program	STONEY FORENSIC, INC	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS	$640,293	Open
2022	Forensic STR Sequencing Nomenclature Resource	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0004	$541,034	Open
2022	Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program	NOBLIS, INC.	VA	2020-R2-CX-0049	$132,817	Past Project Period End Date
2022	Ionic liquid-solvated near infrared dyes for detection of trace blood spatter in textiles under ambient lighting conditions	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI	MS	15PNIJ-22-GG-04427-RESS	$431,907	Open
2022	Mitogenome Sequencing of 10,000 Population Samples Using a Highly Accurate, Single-Molecule Approach	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04395-DNAX	$771,418	Open
2022	Optimization of Microhaplotypes for Advanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04393-DNAX	$607,799	Open
2022	Quantifying the accuracy of low-quality DNA sample analysis from genotyping to genealogical searching and integration as a bioinformatic pipeline	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04410-DNAX	$266,406	Closed
2022	Species Identification in Forensic Casework using Proteomics	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03566-SLFO	$498,963	Open
2022	The Effectiveness of Forensic Genetic Genealogy Techniques for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-22-GG-04394-RESS	$556,300	Open
2022	Touch DNA in Activity-Level Propositions: A Bullpen of Events to Inform Alternate Prosecution and Defense Scenarios	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04425-DNAX	$272,533	Open
2021	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)		UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$3,341,165	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Assessment of the Added Value of New Quantitative Methodologies for the Analysis of Surface Soils in Forensic Soil Comparisons	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02711-SLFO	$451,621	Open
2021	Comparative Evaluation of Genotyping Technologies for Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Sexual Assault Casework	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04143-MUMU	$437,383	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS	$484,798	Closed
2021	Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	STONEY FORENSIC, INC	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS	$330,044	Open
2021	Improved Nucleic Acid Recovery From Trace and Degraded Samples Using Affinity Purification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04149-RESS	$499,518	Closed
2021	Massively Parallel Mitogenome Sequencing: Building a Strong Foundation for the Interpretation of MPS MtDNA	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0005	$624,692	Open
2021	Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO	$240,594	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004	$475,000	Open
2021	Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO	$377,311	Open
2021	Transfer, Persistence and DNA Source Attribution of Trace Biological Material in Digital Penetration Assault Cases	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04147-RESS	$550,440	Open
2021	Validation of a Confirmatory Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Body Fluid Assay for Use in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NEW YORK CITY OFF OF CHEIF MED EXAM	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-02712-SLFO	$105,592	Open
2020	A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2020-DQ-BX-0027	$436,934	Past Project Period End Date
2020	An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2020-DQ-BX-0024	$466,886	Past Project Period End Date
2020	An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PA	2020-DQ-BX-0004	$205,963	Closed