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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Number of Awards: 202
Total Amount Awarded: $128,999,580

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2019	Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0027	$286,468	Closed
2019	Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-R2-CX-0052	$150,000	Closed
2019	Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2019-DU-BX-0010	$390,748	Closed
2019	Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0037	$100,000	Closed
2019	Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0013	$279,983	Closed
2019	Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0025	$808,296	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0019	$212,738	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners	Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0015	$114,540	Closed
2019	Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2019-DU-BX-0044	$783,744	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Understanding Work-Related Stress among Medicolegal Death Investigators: A National Survey and Mixed-Methods Impact Study	Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System, FY 2019	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2019-MU-CX-0068	$549,260	Closed
2018	A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine	NIJ FY18 Continuations	Northeastern University	MA	2016-DN-BX-0002	$49,832	Open
2018	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$5,000,000	Past Project Period End Date
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
2018	Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-75-CX-0034	$445,244	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2018-R2-CX-0018	$150,000	Closed
2018	Improving Machine Learning Methods for Predicting the Postmortem Interval Using Microbiome Data	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2018-R2-CX-0017	$150,000	Closed
2018	Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition	NIJ FY18 Continuations	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2016-DN-BX-0010	$35,000	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	2017-R2-CX-0004	$48,630	Closed
2018	Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2018-DU-BX-0215	$642,979	Closed
2018	Stable Isotope Analysis as a Geospatial Tool for Identification: Intra-Individual Isotopic Variability	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2018-DU-BX-0217	$570,624	Past Project Period End Date
2018	The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region.	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2018-R2-CX-0014	$106,701	Closed
2018	The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0180	$726,629	Closed
2017	A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Northeastern University	MA	2016-DN-BX-0002	$48,818	Open
2017	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$7,455,832	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2016-DN-BX-4194	$684,273	Closed