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: 334
Total Amount Awarded: $163,455,615

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2014	Advancing Molecular Diagnostics in Sudden Unexplained Deaths	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2014-DN-BX-K001	$540,178	Closed
2014	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2014-DN-BX-K012	$190,400	Closed
2014	Establishing Exclusion Criteria and the Significance of Inclusion: Developing Tools for the Interpretation of Complex DNA Mixtures	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2014-DN-BX-K026	$813,843	Closed
2014	FY 2014 NIJ DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program - Rhode Island Department of Health	NIJ FY 14 DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program	Rhode Island Public Safety Grant Administration Office	RI	2014-DN-BX-K126	$190,980	Closed
2014	Improving the prediction of human quantitative pigmentation traits such as eye, hair and skin color using a worldwide representation panel of US and European individuals	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2014-DN-BX-K031	$1,123,404	Closed
2014	Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Washington	WA	2014-DN-BX-K028	$510,045	Closed
2014	Post Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Couples	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	2014-NE-BX-0009	$939,398	Closed
2014	Utilization of microbial structure and function in investigations of criminal justice	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Mississippi State University	MS	2014-DN-BX-K008	$843,376	Closed
2013	A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2013-DN-BX-K037	$226,382	Closed
2013	Assessing Sample Preparation Methods for Emerging DNA Sequencing Technologies in Human Forensic mtDNA Analysis Applications	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Western Carolina University	NC	2013-DN-BX-K014	$717,768	Closed
2013	Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Defense Forensic Science Center		2013-DNR-5042	$344,000	Closed
2013	High resolution SNP panels for forensic identification of ancestry, family, and phenotype.	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Yale University	CT	2013-DN-BX-K023	$952,255	Closed
2013	NIJ and FBI Laboratory Partnership to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Federal Bureau of Investigation		2013-MUR-6019	$1,000,000	Closed
2013	NIJ and FBI Laboratory Partnership to Address Untested Sexual Assault Kits	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013	Federal Bureau of Investigation		2013-MUR-6019	$4,874,000	Closed
2012	"Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation"	NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2012-IJ-CX-0016	$24,988	Closed
2012	2012 Denver Cold Case Project	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City and County of Denver	CO	2012-DN-BX-K007	$499,818	Closed
2012	Familial DNA Database Search System-Hardware/Software Integration Project	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City and County of Denver	CO	2012-DN-BX-K036	$447,979	Closed
2012	Human decomposition: A mosaic model for community succession and implications for future forensic research	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2012-DN-BX-K023	$304,961	Closed
2012	Proximity Ligation Real time PCR for the Detection of Spermatozoa	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The George Washington University	DC	2012-DN-BX-K034	$263,313	Closed
2011	BCPD FY2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Project	NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Baltimore, County of	MD	2011-DN-BX-K519	$176,444	Closed
2011	Investigating Unexplained Deaths through Molecular Autopsies	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2011-DN-BX-K535	$696,879	Closed
2010	FY2010 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence	National Forensic Science Technology Center	FL	2010-DN-BX-K210	$6,199,989	Closed
2010	Genetic Markers Associated with Sudden Unexplained Death or Sudden Infant Death	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	County of Harris, Texas	TX	2010-DN-BX-K230	$254,521	Closed
2010	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	County of San Mateo	CA	2010-DN-BX-K017	$217,178	Closed
2009	Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory Bureau - Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City and County of Denver; Denver Police Department	CO	2009-DN-BX-K012	$530,642	Closed