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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Number of Awards: 2,455
Total Amount Awarded: $913,878,476

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2017-DN-BX-0171	$591,895	Closed
2017	Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2017-DN-BX-0145	$598,632	Closed
2016	A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IsoForensics, Inc.	UT	2016-DN-BX-0157	$268,648	Closed
2016	A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2016-DN-BX-0002	$47,833	Open
2016	A Metrology Foundation for 3D Ballistics Imaging	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	National Institute of Standards and Technology		2016-DNR-6257-2	$534,500	Closed
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	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	National Missing and Unidentified Persons System	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$4,700,000	Past Project Period End Date
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 and Evaluation of miRNA Panels for Body Fluid Identification Using Capillary Electrophoresis and Massively Parallel Sequencing Methods	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2016-DN-BX-0001	$47,186	Open
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