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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.
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Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,769
Total Amount Awarded: $2,061,468,819

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Quantification of psychotropic cannabinoids in newly emerging hemp-derived products and evaluation of their stability and interconversion during storage NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04234-RESS $251,505 Open
2023 Quantifying the accuracy of low quality DNA sample analysis from genotyping to genealogical searching and integration as a bioinformatic pipeline NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program UNIVERSITY OF OREGON OR 15PNIJ-23-AG-04262-DNAX $266,406 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 Quantifying the strength of support in fingerprint casework comparisons NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04227-SLFO $609,185 Open
2023 Quantitative and visual prediction of eye, hair and skin color from DNA NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04206-RESS $980,527 Open
2023 Quantitative Assessment of Fracture Characteristics in Blunt Force Skeletal Trauma for Forensic Interpretations NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 15PNIJ-23-GG-04219-SLFO $818,054 Open
2023 Rapid screening and identification of fentanyl in drug mixtures using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04230-RESS $190,662 Open
2023 Recovery and Analysis of Less Volatile Components for the Identification of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris - Continuation of current NIJ-funded project (2020-DQ-BX-0003) NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY TN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04223-RESS $99,818 Open
2023 Research and Development of an Approach for Non-invasive Determination of Cannabis Ingestion for Forensic Science Purposes NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-04236-RESS $291,801 Open
2023 Sampling and Selection Bias in Research using Documented Skeletal Collections NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-23-GG-01939-RESS $78,656 Open
2023 Statistical Foundations of Score-Based Methods in Forensic Identification of Source Problems” NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SD 15PNIJ-23-GG-04232-MUMU $612,286 Open
2023 Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO $564,733 Open
2023 Study of Factors Influencing Mass Spectral Data Comparison NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF KY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01428-RESS $69,835 Open
2023 Support Activities under Section 13(d) of Executive Order 14074: Workshops on Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic DNA Technologies and Person-based Predictive Policing NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Support Activities under Section 13(d) of Executive Order 14074 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-04263-NIJB $650,000 Open
2023 The Low-Down on Methamphetamine Isomers: Prevalence and Pharmacology in Humans NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04216-MUMU $1,042,225 Open
2023 The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present. NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX $409,612 Open
2023 Time Since Deposition for Touch DNA Evidence NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04217-MUMU $389,621 Open
2023 Use of MicroRNA Expression in DNA extracts to Predict Body Weight Class in Forensic Samples NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04212-MUMU $408,987 Open
2022 Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002 $463,932 Open
2022 Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO $395,516 Open
2022 Applied Research in the Characterization, Identification, and Comparison of Pigmented Fiber Evidence NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program MICROTRACE LLC IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04185-RESS $167,469 Open
2022 Aptamer-Based Oral Fluid Testing Device for Roadside Screening of Recent Marijuana Use in Drivers NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-04440-RESS $359,373 Open
2022 Assessing the reliability of modern µXRF technology for expanded impact on the forensic examination and interpretation of trace evidence NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-22-GG-03571-SLFO $388,814 Open
2022 Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003 $1,450,809 Open
2022 Comparative Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing STR kits with the Emphasis on Mixture Deconvolution Utilizing Probabilistic Genotyping. NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories NEW YORK CITY OFF OF CHEIF MED EXAM NY 15PNIJ-22-GG-03560-SLFO $297,292 Open
2022 DENTAGE: A multi-component subadult dental age estimation method NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04433-RESS $567,920 Open