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
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
2016	Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-K001	$727,072	Closed
2016	Evaluation of an Emerging Automated Searching Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Latent Print Comparisons	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2016-DN-BX-K004	$216,225	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Peer Review and Verification Processes	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Georgia Bureau of Investigation	GA	2016-DN-BX-K005	$78,670	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Sample Preparation Techniques for Matrix Effects and Absolute Recovery Using UPLC-MS/MS Using Opiates and Liver Tissue Specimens as the Model and Application to Post-Mortem Toxicology	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-DN-BX-0148	$91,017	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative	Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative	WESTAT, INC.	MD	2016-AK-BX-K020	$1,999,995	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-K002	$619,325	Closed
2016	Evaluation of The Use of A Contactless, Three-Dimensional Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints from Unidentified Human Remains	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FlashScan3D, LLC	TX	2016-DN-BX-0180	$591,262	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Maryland Department of State Police	MD	2016-DN-BX-K006	$319,850	Closed
2016	Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE	NM	2016-DN-BX-0144	$702,654	Closed
2016	File Toolkit for Selective Analysis & Reconstruction (File TSAR) for Large Scale Computer Networks	Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program	Purdue University	IN	2016-MU-MU-K091	$487,440	Closed
2016	Firearm Toolmark Population Statistics for Objective Identification and Error Rate Estimation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	National Institute of Standards and Technology		2016-DNR-6257-1	$367,863	Closed
2016	Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES	CA	2016-DN-BX-0159	$866,896	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-DN-BX-0151	$443,598	Closed
2016	Forensic Chemistry of Substituted N-Benzylmethoxy (N-BOMe) Phenethylamines: Isomeric Designer Drugs Related to 25I-N-BOMe	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Auburn University	AL	2016-DN-BX-0175	$215,000	Closed
2016	Habitat Specialization and the Evolution of Dispersal	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of Colorado	CO	2016-DN-BX-0194	$684,273	Closed
2016	High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	2016-DN-BX-0153	$397,643	Closed
2016	Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Central Florida	FL	2016-DN-BX-0165	$424,799	Closed
2016	ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0179	$327,372	Closed