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: 2,266
Total Amount Awarded: $780,205,265

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Forensic Investigation of Bloodstains Using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: species differentiation, kinetic changes, donor age, and potential false positives	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2015-R2-CX-0021	$49,795	Closed
2015	Fort Lauderdale Police Evidence Processing Efficiency Project	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Fort Lauderdale	FL	2015-CD-BX-0077	$53,435	Closed
2015	Front End Separation of Compromised Blood Mixtures for Single Source DNA Profiling	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2015-DN-BX-K024	$295,236	Closed
2015	Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2015-R2-CX-0019	$42,520	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2015-DN-BX-0051	$974,669	Closed
2015	FY 2015 LAPD DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Los Angeles	CA	2015-DN-BX-0115	$981,593	Closed
2015	FY15 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	IN	2015-DN-BX-0059	$595,727	Closed
2015	FY15 DNA Capacity and Backlog Reduction Grant for the Illinois State Police, Forensic Sciences Command	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Illinois State Police	IL	2015-DN-BX-0018	$2,250,404	Closed
2015	FY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Alaska Dept of Public Safety	AK	2015-CD-BX-0064	$63,705	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Pinellas County Forensic Lab	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Pinellas County	FL	2015-DN-BX-0088	$289,252	Closed
2015	FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Executive Office of the Governor of DE	DE	2015-CD-BX-0067	$63,705	Closed
2015	FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grans Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Omaha	NE	2015-CD-BX-0005	$165,981	Closed
2015	FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	St Lucie County	FL	2015-CD-BX-0028	$118,357	Closed
2015	Highly efficient sperm cell separation from sexual assault samples for DNA analysis using novel polymer filter technology	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	InnoGenomics Technologies, LLC	LA	2015-DN-BX-K072	$348,796	Closed
2015	Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2015-NE-BX-K006	$589,701	Closed
2015	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$49,799	Closed
2015	Improving the Sexual Assault Workflow - Efficient Sample Selection and Data Interpretation	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	Sacramento, County of	CA	2015-NE-BX-K004	$148,282	Closed
2015	Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	County of Cumberland	NC	2015-CD-BX-0074	$175,000	Closed
2015	Low-cost Handheld Spectrometer and Cloud-Based Data Analysis for Improved Identification of Substances of Abuse	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Central Florida	FL	2015-R2-CX-0035	$50,000	Closed
2015	Measuring desiccation: A system using bioelectrical impedance analysis	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Colorado Mesa University	CO	2015-DN-BX-K015	$256,951	Closed
2015	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$46,008	Closed
2015	Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of Colorado	CO	2015-DN-BX-K016	$863,485	Closed
2015	MODELING SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS: Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools for the Objective Estimation of Age-at-Death for Modern Populations	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Florida State University	FL	2015-DN-BX-K010	$610,111	Closed
2015	Monitoring Changes in the Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Market through Enhanced Identification of Emerging Drugs and their Metabolites in Biological Samples	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation	PA	2015-IJ-CX-K012	$378,153	Closed
2015	Nanotrace: Applications of subvisible to nanoscale particles in trace evidence	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Microtrace LLC	IL	2015-DN-BX-K033	$378,701	Closed