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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 Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2019-DU-BX-0020 $412,100 Closed
2019 Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2019-75-CX-0019 $212,738 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2019-75-CX-0015 $114,540 Closed
2019 Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-75-CX-0010 $497,208 Closed
2019 Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 2019-DU-BX-0009 $453,146 Closed
2019 Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2019-NE-BX-0008 $398,719 Closed
2019 Interpretation and Processing of User Generated Audio Recordings Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MT 2019-DU-BX-0019 $216,518 Closed
2019 Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0041 $99,618 Closed
2019 mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PA 2019-DU-BX-0045 $878,274 Closed
2019 Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE CA 2019-NE-BX-0006 $600,544 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Naval Research Laboratory DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0011 $605,696 Closed
2019 Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TX 2019-R2-CX-0043 $50,000 Closed
2019 Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2019 Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2019-DU-BX-0044 $783,744 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2019-R2-CX-0051 $50,000 Closed
2019 Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-DU-BX-0021 $295,625 Closed
2019 Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-R2-CX-0017 $239,196 Closed
2019 Probabilistic Genotyping for Microhaplotypes Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 2019-DU-BX-0023 $192,764 Closed
2019 Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY CA 2019-DU-BX-0028 $395,773 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-R2-CX-0066 $288,615 Closed
2019 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2019 Research to Develop Validated Methods for THC Quantification in Complex Matrices by High-resolution DART-MS—Focus on Edibles and Plant Materials Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-DU-BX-0026 $465,724 Closed
2019 Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-R2-CX-0004 $48,599 Closed
2019 Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2017-IJ-CX-0008 $40,932 Closed
2019 Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 2019-DU-BX-0040 $782,183 Past Project Period End Date