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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.
Description

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

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Subtopic: Forensic biology

Number of Awards: 386
Total Amount Awarded: $181,641,771

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Sperm Capture Using Aptamer Based Technology NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department CO 2007-DN-BX-K143 $370,813 Closed
2007 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Louisiana State University and A and M College LA 2007-DN-BX-K146 $580,337 Closed
2006 An Integrated Microfabricated Sample Cleanup and Electrophoresis Analyzer for High-Performance STR Typing Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007 The Regents of the University of California CA 2007-DN-BX-0003 $20,000 Closed
2006 Laser Microdissection as a Technique to Isolate Sperm Cells and Improve the Analysis of Touch Evidence NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2006-DN-BX-K032 $191,429 Closed
2006 Separation of Sperm and Epithelial Cells in a Microfluidic Device: An Automated Method for High Efficiency, High Purity Separations. NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2006-DN-BX-K021 $324,104 Closed
2006 Sperm Identification Program NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation DuPage County Office of The Sheriff IL 2006-DN-BX-K168 $53,371 Closed
2005 A SNP-Based Microarray Technology For Use In Forensic Applications Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application Affymetrix, Inc. CA 2005-DA-BX-K101 $638,098 Closed
2005 Development and Evaluation of a Whole Genome Amplification Method for Accurate Multiplex STR Genotyping of Compromised Forensic Casework Samples Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2005-DA-BX-K002 $225,616 Closed
2005 Development of a Procedure for Dielectrophoretic Separation of Sperm and Epithelial Cells for Application to Sexual Assault Case Evidence Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application California Department of Justice CA 2005-DA-BX-K001 $205,407 Closed
2005 Development of multiplex PCR and linear array probe assay targeting informative polymorphisms within the entire mitochondrial genome. Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application Childrens Hospital Oakland Research Institute CA 2005-MU-BX-K074 $469,123 Closed
2005 DNA-based Identification of Forensically Important Diptera Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application University of Cincinnati OH 2005-DA-BX-K102 $574,557 Closed
2005 Electro-elution Assisted Purification of DNA for Forensic Analysis Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005 The Rectors And Visitors of The University of Virginia VA 2005-DA-BX-K100 $20,000 Closed
2005 Global mtDNA Databasing Project NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2005 Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory 2005-DN-R-086-1 $350,000 Closed
2005 Global mtDNA Databasing Project NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2005 Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory 2005-DN-R-086-1 $1,891,390 Closed
2005 Global mtDNA Databasing Project NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2005 Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory 2005-DN-R-086-1 $2,572,553 Closed
2005 Mitochondrial DNA mixture separation development and validation by Denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) CO 2006-DN-BX-K002 $20,000 Closed
2005 Nationwide NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2003-RC-CX-K001 $4,286,573 Closed
2005 NIJ Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research FY05
Identity Theft: Assessing Offenders' Strategies and Perceptions of Risk
Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 The University of Alabama At Birmingham AL 2005-IJ-CX-0012 $118,167 Closed
2005 Recidivism among Female Prisoners:Secondary Analysis of the 1994 BJS Recidivism Data Set Data Resources Program 2004: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data California State University Fresno Foundation CA 2004-IJ-CX-0038 $35,000 Closed
2005 The Determination of the Physical Characteristics of an Individual from Biological Stains Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application University of Central Florida Office of Research FL 2005-MU-BX-K075 $224,776 Closed
2005 The Use of MiniSTRs as Tools for the Investigation of DNA Degradation and Inhibition Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-MU-BX-K073 $171,394 Closed
2004 Bayesian Networks in Forensic Science:
n Evolutionary Perspective
Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall North Carolina State University NC 2004-DN-BX-K006 $20,000 Closed
2004 Development of an automated system to detect spermatozoa on laboratory slides to increase productivity in the analysis of sexual assault cases Forensic DNA Research & Development Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2004-DN-BX-K003 $214,629 Closed
2004 Field test of current technology used in the identification of unidentified remains. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K214 $249,902 Closed
2004 Forensic Stain Identification By RT-PCR Analysis Forensic DNA Research & Development Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2004-DN-BX-K002 $240,404 Closed