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: 206
Total Amount Awarded: $97,866,428

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2006	Automatic Fingerprint Matching Using Extended Feature Set	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007	Michigan State University	MI	2007-DN-BX-0005	$20,000	Closed
2015	Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department	CO	2015-DN-BX-K027	$140,949	Closed
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
2019	Black Box and White Box Forensic Examiner Evaluations - Understanding the Details	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0010	$141,856	Open
2018	Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NOBLIS, INC.	VA	2018-DU-BX-0214	$1,086,976	Closed
2012	Bloodstain Patterns on Textile Surfaces: A Fundamental Analysis	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	North Carolina State University	NC	2012-DN-BX-K052	$432,648	Closed
2014	Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Boston University	MA	2014-DN-BX-K021	$403,397	Closed
2006	Breakable cartridge cyanocrylate fingerprinte development system/3 port sublimation chamber	NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Mountain State University	WV	2006-DN-BX-K037	$82,820	Closed
2005	Bruising as a Forensic Marker of Physical Elder Abuse	Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities	The Regents of the University of California, Irvine	CA	2005-IJ-CX-0048	$375,655	Closed
2015	Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-DN-BX-K050	$244,072	Closed
2009	City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2009-DN-BX-K205	$1,000,000	Closed
2021	Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO	$988,559	Open
2015	Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2015-IJ-CX-K015	$264,842	Closed
2000	Computer Assisted System for Reassembly	Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime	MN Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension	MN	2000-RB-CX-0001	$16,400	Closed
2009	Computerized System for Aiding the Expert in Evaluating the Degree of Certainty in 2D Shoeprints	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2009	U.S. Department of Defense (Israeli National Police via TSWG)		2009-DN-R-090	$366,009	Closed
2009	Consecutive & Random Manufactured Semi-Automatic Pistol Breech Face & Fired Cartridge Case Evaluations	NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2009-DN-BX-K168	$703,091	Closed
2008	CONTINUATION OF EVALUATION OF THE RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAND CHILD VICTIMIZATION ENFORCEMENTGRANT PROGRAM SPECIAL INITIATIVE:FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONPILOT PROGRAM	NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Advocates for Human Potential	MA	2005-IJ-CX-0050	$202,905	Closed
2008	Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Georgia Bureau of Investigation	GA	2006-DN-BX-K441	$254,471	Closed
2018	Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-DU-BX-0227	$616,407	Closed
2007	Crime Displacement and HUD''s HOPE VI Initiative	NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research	The Urban Institute	DC	2007-IJ-CX-0020	$90,298	Closed
2006	Cultivating Methods to Enhance the Quality of Aged Fingerprints Developed by Cyanoacrylate Fuming	NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Impression Evidence Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	The University of Tennessee	TN	2006-DN-BX-K031	$126,505	Closed
2016	Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2016-R2-CX-0013	$50,000	Closed
2008	Delivery of Academic Workshops in Instrumental Trace Evidence Analysis	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Florida International University Board of Trustess	FL	2008-DN-BX-K071	$120,883	Closed
2008	Designing, Developing, and Delivering an Online/Classroom Explosives Analysis Course	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	University of Central Florida	FL	2008-DN-BX-K070	$520,557	Closed
2016	Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2016-DN-BX-0185	$548,877	Closed