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: 2,251
Total Amount Awarded: $772,139,027

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno	NV	2015-DN-BX-K409	$404,255	Open
2017	Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-DN-BX-0167	$628,327	Closed
2017	Differentiating Monozygotic Twins with DNA Methylation Technology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NC State University	NC	2017-DN-BX-0178	$207,427	Closed
2017	Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ARC BIO LLC	MA	2017-DN-BX-0140	$993,718	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-DN-BX-0172	$229,923	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	2017-DN-BX-0163	$570,790	Closed
2017	Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE	NC	2017-R2-CX-0009	$46,094	Closed
2017	Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0024	$196,415	Closed
2017	Gautier Police Department SAK Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting	NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR)	City of Gautier	MS	2017-AK-BX-0132	$21,478	Open
2017	Human Factors in Forensic Sciences Expert Working Group Series	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-2	$292,300	Closed
2017	Identification and Analysis of Body Fluid Traces Using ATR FT-IR Spectroscopy	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2017-R2-CX-0006	$49,993	Closed
2017	Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2017-R2-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2017	Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-NE-BX-0001	$368,512	Closed
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	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1	$207,700	Closed
2017	Increasing identifications of deceased border crossers: investigating spatial and skeletal attributes of migrant deaths	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Michigan State University	MI	2017-IJ-CX-0002	$36,148	Closed
2017	Interpretation and Analysis of Recorded Gunshot Sounds	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY	MT	2017-DN-BX-0179	$236,000	Closed
2017	Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE	MI	2017-DN-BX-0166	$576,060	Closed
2017	Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	CA	2017-DN-BX-0148	$464,910	Closed
2017	Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Chicago	IL	2017-MU-MU-0042	$532,286	Closed
2017	Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications.	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	DC	2017-DN-BX-0164	$492,892	Closed
2017	Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2017-DN-BX-0186	$311,609	Closed
2017	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision FY 2017 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence-Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project.	NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR)	New York State Department of Corrections and Community Super	NY	2017-AK-BX-0012	$483,666	Open
2017	Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-DN-BX-0137	$286,931	Closed
2017	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-MU-BX-0002	$467,885	Closed