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

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2016	Nevada SAFE-ITR SAK Tracking Project	Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting	Nevada Office of the Attorney General	NV	2016-DN-BX-K011	$523,268	Open
2016	New concept for fingerprint analysis: bioaffinity-based systems utilizing amino acids	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2016-DN-BX-0009	$49,862	Closed
2016	Novel concept for fingerprint analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2016-DN-BX-0188	$235,894	Closed
2016	Novel Quantitative Microscopy of Wet-Powdered Latent Fingermarks of Different Ages	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION	GA	2016-DN-BX-0195	$330,007	Closed
2016	Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences that are Insufficient for Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Stoney Forensic, Inc.	VA	2016-R2-CX-0060	$883,694	Closed
2016	Oregon's FY 2016 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program	Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting	Oregon State Police	OR	2016-DN-BX-K012	$1,040,188	Open
2016	Pattern Classification of Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Developmental Factors Underlying Violent Outcomes in Adolescents	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (THE)	DC	2016-R2-CX-0019	$50,000	Closed
2016	Rapid and Accurate On-Site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-Reactive Aptamer	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2016-DN-BX-0167	$208,971	Closed
2016	Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Applied Research Associates, Inc.	NM	2016-DN-BX-0161	$209,408	Closed
2016	Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors	Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Vesaria LLC d/b/a Grier Forensics	NJ	2014-IJ-CX-K001	$149,933	Closed
2016	Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers Using Infrared Thermal Imaging	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Idaho State University	ID	2015-R2-CX-0017	$48,015	Closed
2016	Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2016-R2-CX-0023	$50,000	Closed
2016	Remote Methods for Volunteering Digital Evidence on Mobile Devices	Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program	Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation	GA	2016-MU-MU-K004	$438,161	Closed
2016	Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	2016-DN-BX-0184	$112,317	Closed
2016	Skull fracture patterns from head impact in infants	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	2016-DN-BX-0160	$590,938	Closed
2016	State of Georgia Sexual Assault Kit Tracking and Reporting Project	Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting	Criminal Justice Coordinating Council	GA	2016-DN-BX-K014	$1,487,656	Open
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