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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 Montana Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Montana Department of Justice MT 2016-DN-BX-K013 $284,500 Open
2016 National Footwear Database Evaluation FY 14 NIJ Non-solicited Applications Federal Bureau of Investigation 2016-DNR-5470 $1,500,000 Closed
2016 Nevada SAFE-ITR SAK Tracking Project Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Nevada Office of the Attorney General NV 2016-DN-BX-K011 $523,268 Open
2016 Novel concept for fingerprint analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0188 $235,894 Closed
2016 Novel Quantitative Microscopy of Wet-Powdered Latent Fingermarks of Different Ages Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION GA 2016-DN-BX-0195 $330,007 Closed
2016 Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences that are Insufficient for Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2016-R2-CX-0060 $883,694 Closed
2016 Oregon's FY 2016 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Oregon State Police OR 2016-DN-BX-K012 $1,040,188 Open
2016 Rapid and Accurate On-Site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-Reactive Aptamer Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2016-DN-BX-0167 $208,971 Closed
2016 Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Applied Research Associates, Inc. NM 2016-DN-BX-0161 $209,408 Closed
2016 Remote Methods for Volunteering Digital Evidence on Mobile Devices Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation GA 2016-MU-MU-K004 $438,161 Closed
2016 Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Alabama at Birmingham AL 2016-DN-BX-0184 $112,317 Closed
2016 Skull fracture patterns from head impact in infants Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UT 2016-DN-BX-0160 $590,938 Closed
2016 State of Georgia Sexual Assault Kit Tracking and Reporting Project Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Criminal Justice Coordinating Council GA 2016-DN-BX-K014 $1,487,656 Open
2016 Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY GA 2016-DN-BX-0196 $637,735 Closed
2016 Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Keck Graduate Institute CA 2016-R2-CX-0059 $618,790 Open
2016 Targeted Forensic Data Extraction from Mobile Devices Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Florida State University FL 2016-MU-CX-K003 $541,232 Open
2016 The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute IL 2016-DN-BX-0145 $289,126 Closed
2016 The Evaluation of Alternative Sample Preparation Techniques for Use in Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2016-DN-BX-0192 $787,719 Closed
2016 The Utility of Multi-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography for the Analysis of Seized Drugs: Application to Emerging Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2016-DN-BX-0169 $208,339 Closed
2016 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2016-DN-BX-0154 $682,474 Closed
2016 Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2016-DN-BX-0152 $213,735 Closed
2016 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Gunshot Residue Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0166 $505,278 Closed
2015 2015 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy IA 2015-CD-BX-0031 $73,856 Closed
2015 2015 Coverdell Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Texas TX 2015-CD-BX-0007 $632,066 Closed
2015 2015 NIJ DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of Washoe NV 2015-DN-BX-0097 $350,000 Closed