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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.

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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Evidence analysis and processing

Number of Awards: 2,267
Total Amount Awarded: $780,855,203

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 Closed
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
2017 Optimization and Statistical Testing of Experimental and Computer Methodologies for Evaluation of the LIT-MIA Thermal Imaging Method for Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY ID 2017-DN-BX-0173 $199,688 Closed
2017 Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2017 Optimizing Bone Loss Across the Lifespan: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Porosity in the Human Femoral Neck and Rib As a Metric of Bone Fragility NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Ohio State University OH 2017-MU-CX-0009 $50,000 Closed
2017 Pasco Sheriff's Evidence Tracking Automation NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) Pasco County Sheriff''s Office FL 2017-AK-BX-0008 $238,608 Open
2017 Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The University of Mississippi MS 2017-IJ-CX-0001 $50,000 Closed
2017 Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2017-DN-BX-0136 $903,440 Closed
2017 Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY TN 2017-DN-BX-0146 $377,535 Closed
2017 Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2017-DN-BX-0161 $378,501 Closed
2017 Prevalence of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Oral Fluid NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2017-R2-CX-0019 $311,221 Closed