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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
2019 A Study of Trauma and Resiliency Among Forensic Examiners Investigating Child Pornography Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2019-R2-CX-0034 $886,821 Closed
2019 Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 George Mason University VA 2019-DU-BX-0011 $495,056 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2019 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ FY19 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $5,500,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Application of Particle-Correlated Raman Spectroscopy for the Forensic Examination of Soils Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN, INCORPORATED CT 2019-DU-BX-0017 $686,336 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0017 $443,931 Closed
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model) Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE UTAH UT 2019-NE-BX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2019 Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-MU-MU-0096 $380,405 Closed
2019 Bio-inspired Material-integrated Beads for Differential Extraction of Sperm in Forensic Applications Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY CA 2019-NE-BX-0003 $499,545 Closed
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
2019 Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED NV 2019-R2-CX-0047 $100,000 Closed
2019 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $50,000 Closed
2019 Chemical Foundations of a Cannabis Breathalyzer Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0008 $481,103 Open
2019 Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL 2019-DU-BX-0002 $372,438 Closed
2019 Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2019-NE-BX-0004 $175,791 Closed
2019 Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0001 $47,131 Closed
2019 Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2019-DU-BX-0046 $743,927 Closed
2019 Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 2019-DU-BX-0016 $321,025 Closed
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 Detecting Fentanyl and Major Players in Darknet Drug Markets by Analyzing Drug Networks and Developing a Threat Assessment Tool Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0018 $598,637 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 Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-DU-BX-0041 $469,468 Closed
2019 Developing, Visualization, and Reporting a Combined 2D+3D Automated Dental Biometrics Identification System for Forensic Odontology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE INC MA 2019-R2-CX-0036 $100,000 Closed
2019 Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2019-R2-CX-0049 $150,000 Closed