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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 A Systematic Evaluation of the Analysis of Drug Microcrystals Using Infrared Microspectroscopy NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA 2014-R2-CX-K008 $53,481 Closed
2014 Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing NIJ FY 14 New Approaches to Digital Evidence Processing and Storage RAND Corporation CA 2014-IJ-CX-K102 $677,668 Closed
2014 Adult Age Estimated From New Skeletal Traits And Enhanced Computer-Based Transition Analysis NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2014-DN-BX-K007 $501,047 Closed
2014 Advancing audio forensics of gunshot acoustics. NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Montana State University MT 2014-DN-BX-K034 $184,957 Closed
2014 Advancing Molecular Diagnostics in Sudden Unexplained Deaths NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2014-DN-BX-K001 $540,178 Closed
2014 Application of Infrared Imaging and Chemometrics to Facilitate the Forensic Examination of Automotive Paints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Oklahoma State University OK 2014-DN-BX-K087 $442,953 Closed
2014 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2014-DN-BX-K012 $190,400 Closed
2014 Assessment of rapid, robust and efficient postmortem DNA sampling method for DVI and missing persons identification NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2014-DN-BX-K037 $187,518 Closed
2014 BPD's Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Boston MA 2014-CD-BX-0019 $175,000 Closed
2014 Characterization and Abuse of Electronic Cigarettes: The Efficacy of a Personal Vaporizer as an Illicit Drug Delivery System NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-R2-CX-K010 $339,126 Closed
2014 Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Chicago, City of IL 2014-CD-BX-0027 $160,325 Closed
2014 City of Phoenix Police Department, FY 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Phoenix Police Department AZ 2014-CD-BX-0068 $174,996 Closed
2014 Colorado's 2014 Coverdell Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Division of Criminal Justice CO 2014-CD-BX-0041 $117,987 Closed
2014 Computational methods for the interpretation of forensic DNA samples NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Camden Campus NJ 2014-DN-BX-0001 $34,999 Closed
2014 Continued Development of FROG-kb: A Forensic Resource/Reference on Genetics knowledge base NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Yale University CT 2014-DN-BX-K030 $314,468 Closed
2014 Coverdale Fort Wayne Police Department Digital Forensic Lab Quality Improvement and Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Wayne IN 2014-CD-BX-0072 $68,500 Closed
2014 Covington Police Crime Lab Improvement- Cyanoacrylate Fuming Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Covington KY 2014-CD-BX-0071 $7,900 Closed
2014 Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Multi-site Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2012-IJ-CX-0052 $490,422 Closed
2014 Decrease the Controlled Substance Analysis Backlog Utilizing Overtime NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oregon State Police OR 2014-CD-BX-0063 $88,015 Closed
2014 Developing Effective Methods for Addressing Contextual Bias in Forensic Science NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of California CA 2014-DN-BX-K032 $355,705 Closed
2014 Development of a Computer Simulation Model to Predict Potential Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2014-DN-BX-K006 $377,187 Closed
2014 Development of Heated Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Profiling of Marjuana NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2014-R2-CX-K005 $166,347 Closed
2014 Differential Sampling of Footwear to Separate Relevant Evidentiary Particles from Background Noise NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2014-DN-BX-K011 $390,208 Closed
2014 DNA Test Results Quality Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office OH 2014-CD-BX-0003 $175,000 Closed
2014 Drug screening in postmortem blood: a faster approach using GC/MS NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Miami Dade County FL 2014-CD-BX-0028 $174,634 Closed