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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
2016 A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas: Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Police Foundation DC 2016-IJ-CX-0019 $235,794 Closed
2016 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics Non-solicited Applications The University of Chicago IL 2015-DN-BX-K430 $564,735 Closed
2016 A rotational platform-driven microdevice for differential separation, purification, & amplification of sexual assault forensic samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-NE-BX-0002 $676,460 Closed
2016 Advanced learning techniques for detection of contraband video Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 2016-MU-MU-K082 $465,815 Closed
2016 Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0182 $204,725 Closed
2016 Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2016-DN-BX-0147 $449,437 Closed
2016 Applying Promising Evidence to New Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of Summer Jobs in Philadelphia New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2016-R2-CX-0049 $147,210 Closed
2016 Assessing Cognitive Bias, Method Validation, and Equipment Performance for theForensic Anthropology Laboratory Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Harris County, Texas TX 2016-DN-BX-K003 $114,106 Closed
2016 Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time at Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2016-NE-BX-0001 $324,082 Closed
2016 Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0150 $139,233 Closed
2016 Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint for Forensic Evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2016-DN-BX-0190 $362,037 Closed
2016 DeepPatrol: Finding Illicit Videos for Law Enforcement Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program University of Rhode Island RI 2016-MU-CX-K015 $396,686 Closed
2016 Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Jensen Hughes, Inc. MD 2016-DN-BX-0185 $548,877 Closed
2016 Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2016-DN-BX-0011 $49,653 Closed
2016 Development of a Portable 3D Imaging System for Capturing Shoe and Tire Impressions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Purdue University IN 2016-DN-BX-0189 $788,167 Closed
2016 Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Loyola University Maryland MD 2016-DN-BX-0181 $154,521 Closed
2016 Development of NGS (next generation sequencing) nomenclature framework Non-solicited Applications National Institute of Standards and Technology 2016-DNR-6150 $748,000 Closed
2016 Developmental validation of a miRNA panel for forensic body fluid identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2016-DN-BX-0163 $256,626 Closed
2016 Devlan: Automated Acquisition of Digital Evidence from Large Networks Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Grier Forensics, LLC MD 2016-IJ-CX-K002 $368,410 Closed
2016 Differences in Cannabis Impairment and its Measurement Due to Route of Administration Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2016-DN-BX-0193 $1,209,914 Closed
2016 Differential Quantitative Analysis of Particles from the Contact Surfaces and Recessed Areas of Footwear Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2016-DN-BX-0146 $380,323 Closed
2016 DNA from Burned Bone: The application of ancient DNA methods to forensic DNA recovery Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2016-DN-BX-0158 $657,544 Closed
2016 Enhancing and Sustaining the ALFRED-FROG-KB Forensic Resource Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Yale University CT 2016-DN-BX-0162 $1,062,736 Open
2016 Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2016-DN-BX-0178 $270,616 Closed
2016 Evaluating Massive Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification. Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2016-DN-BX-0172 $474,130 Closed