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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
2016 Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2016-R2-CX-0006 $32,000 Closed
2016 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $376,904 Closed
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid OnsiteScreening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biologicalsamples Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Low-cost Handheld Spectrometer and Cloud- Based Data Analysis for Improved Identification of Substances of Abuse Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-0035 $50,000 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
2016 Identification of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel candidate trigger for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY NY 2016-DN-BX-0176 $546,721 Closed
2016 Implications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanned Images for the Criminal Justice System Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2016-DN-BX-0177 $160,300 Closed
2016 Improved Detection of Kratom Alkalids in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Sam Houston State University TX 2016-DN-BX-0006 $47,186 Closed
2016 Improved sample collection and preservation of DNA from decomposing human remains; A direct PCR approach for faster disaster victim identification (DVI) Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0029 $46,008 Closed
2016 Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 2016-DN-BX-0173 $714,891 Closed
2016 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $49,045 Closed
2016 Incorporating Graph-based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition Office of Science and Technology Continuations Michigan State University MI 2015-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2016 Initiation of a Gunshot Wound Trauma Atlas From Cranial Bone Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2016-DN-BX-0155 $316,473 Closed
2016 Investigating upper thermal limits of forensically important blow flies to improve testimony in forensic entomology Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH TX 2016-DN-BX-0204 $540,545 Closed
2016 Investigation of a time-effective approach to the discrimination and interpretation of inkjet printer inks using micro Raman spectroscopy Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2016-DN-BX-0164 $246,838 Closed
2016 Long-term Stability of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Biological Matrices Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2016-DN-BX-0191 $457,046 Closed
2016 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2016-DN-BX-0171 $295,249 Closed
2016 Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0031 $46,008 Closed
2016 Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0010 $50,000 Past Project Period End Date
2016 Montana Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Montana Department of Justice MT 2016-DN-BX-K013 $284,500 Open
2016 Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2016-DN-BX-0008 $50,000 Closed
2016 National Footwear Database Evaluation FY 14 NIJ Non-solicited Applications Federal Bureau of Investigation 2016-DNR-5470 $1,500,000 Closed