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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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Subtopic: Evidence analysis and processing

Number of Awards: 2,251
Total Amount Awarded: $772,139,027

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2015 2015 Oklahoma Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oklahoma District Attorneys Council OK 2015-CD-BX-0004 $92,022 Closed
2015 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Program for Louisiana NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement LA 2015-CD-BX-0044 $110,541 Closed
2015 2015 U.S. Virgin Islands Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Virgin Islands Department of Justice VI 2015-CD-BX-0039 $63,705 Closed
2015 A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K012 $423,959 Closed
2015 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UChicago Argonne, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K030 $564,735 Closed
2015 Acquisition of new equipment for Digital Forensics Lab NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Saco ME 2015-CD-BX-0019 $57,217 Closed
2015 Addition of Forensic Capacities in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-CD-BX-0014 $174,882 Closed
2015 An automated dielectrophoretic-based single cell separation technique to improve laboratory efficiency, mixture deconvolution and combat sample inhibition NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Syracuse University NY 2015-NE-BX-K002 $155,189 Closed
2015 An Interactive Morphological Database for Estimating Sex in Modern Adults NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Mercyhurst University PA 2015-DN-BX-K014 $126,871 Closed
2015 Analytical Validation and Impact Assessment of On-Site Evidence Screening via Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Illinois State University IL 2015-IJ-CX-K011 $299,753 Closed
2015 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K032 $217,450 Closed
2015 Assessing the Effects of DNA Damage on Next Generation mtDNA Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-DN-BX-K025 $654,662 Closed
2015 Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Validating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City and County of Denver - Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K034 $79,150 Closed
2015 Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-DN-BX-K058 $190,223 Closed
2015 Automation of Differential Extraction with Sperm Quantitation usingMicrofluidic-Integrated Shadow Imaging System for Forensic Applications NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University CA 2015-DN-BX-K037 $614,499 Closed
2015 Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K027 $140,949 Closed