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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.

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

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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,921
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,422,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 FY2005 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement South Carolina Department of Public Safety SC 2005-DN-BX-0122 $136,158 Closed
2005 Gene Polymorphism and Human Pigmentation NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona AZ 2002-IJ-CX-K010 $184,105 Closed
2005 Geometric Morphometric Tools for the Classification of Human Skulls General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications North Carolina State University NC 2005-MU-BX-K078 $199,635 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 Harris County Forensic Laboratory Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Harris County TX 2005-DN-BX-0017 $95,000 Closed
2005 High Tech Crimes Unit Forensics Laboratory Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement St. Joseph County IN 2005-DN-BX-0061 $87,850 Closed
2005 Implementation of Automation to Enhance the Efficiency of DNA Analysis - Phase II DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Baltimore County Maryland MD 2005-DA-BX-K008 $89,212 Closed
2005 Implementing the Maryland Forecsics Science Task Force Plan-2005 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2005-DN-BX-0091 $180,268 Closed
2005 Improvement of Latent Print Processing Time in Fingerprint Unit Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Avondale, Arizona AZ 2005-DN-BX-0121 $84,116 Closed
2005 Improving methods for fingerprint development on hand-guns NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2005 U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Systems Management – Israeli National Police(IAA) 2005-IJ-R-051-2 $70,000 Closed
2005 Improving the efficiency of DNA casework analysis through simple, effective, PCR-based screening methods Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2005-DA-BX-K003 $256,000 Closed
2005 Improving Turn-around Time Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement North Dakota ND 2005-DN-BX-0012 $82,639 Closed
2005 Increase availability of forensic training for accredited and nonaccredited laboratories in the state. Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement State of Texas TX 2005-DN-BX-0103 $729,432 Closed
2005 Increasing Capacity in the DNA Unit DNA Capacity Enhancement Program North Dakota ND 2005-DA-BX-K071 $46,324 Closed
2005 Instrument Acquisition Project Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Sedgwick County KS 2005-DN-BX-0109 $58,250 Closed
2005 Instrumental Analysis of Pigmented Ink Jet Printer Inks General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications Indiana University IN 2005-IJ-CX-K064 $261,258 Closed
2005 Internet Forensics Toolkit for Law Enforcement NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2004-MU-MU-K002 $99,999 Closed
2005 Joliet Police Department Cold Case Task Force Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Joliet IL 2005-DN-BX-K008 $455,301 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY05 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DA-BX-K009 $191,928 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program 2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DN-BX-K058 $190,445 Closed
2005 Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Latent Print and Firearms Backlog Reduction Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Board of Police Commissioners MO 2005-DN-BX-0078 $94,624 Closed
2005 Kentucky State Police Forensic Laboratories2005 Convicted Offender Backlog Reduction Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Commonwealth of Kentucky KY 2005-DN-BX-K042 $53,313 Closed
2005 Knife and Saw Tool mark Analysis in Bone: Research Designed for the Examination and Interpretation of Criminal Mutilation and Dismemberment General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications Mercyhurst College PA 2005-IJ-CX-K016 $201,853 Closed