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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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Subtopic: Evidence analysis and processing

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY GA 2016-DN-BX-0196 $637,735 Closed
2016 Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Keck Graduate Institute CA 2016-R2-CX-0059 $618,790 Open
2016 Targeted Forensic Data Extraction from Mobile Devices Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program Florida State University FL 2016-MU-CX-K003 $541,232 Open
2016 The Combination of Cranial Morphoscopic and Dental Morphological Methods to Improve the Forensic Estimation of Ancestry NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Board of Regents, NSHE obo University of Nevada, Reno NV 2016-DN-BX-0003 $31,974 Closed
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 Improvement Grants NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Criminal Justice Services VA 2015-CD-BX-0068 $197,409 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 Postconviction DNA Testing Program NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts NC 2015-DY-BX-K001 $565,639 Closed
2015 2015 SLED DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2015-DN-BX-0045 $934,421 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 Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2014-IJ-CX-K102 $119,345 Closed
2015 Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2015-DY-BX-K006 $633,170 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