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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: Equipment and technology

Number of Awards: 1,148
Total Amount Awarded: $911,248,712

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Large-Scale Deep Point Process Models for Crime Forecasting NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2018-R2-CX-0013 $149,999 Closed
2018 Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition NIJ FY18 Continuations RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0010 $35,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Multi-spectral Tunable Detection (MultiTuDe) Lens for Rapid In-situ Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC CA 2018-75-CX-0042 $271,226 Closed
2018 Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions NIJ FY18 Continuations FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2018 Optimizing bone loss across the lifespan: The three-dimensional structure of porosity in the human femoral neck and rib as a metric of bone fragility NIJ FY18 Continuations The Ohio State University OH 2017-MU-CX-0009 $15,000 Closed
2018 Personal Telemetry Using Wireless Body Area Networks NIJ FY18 Continuations The Regents of the University of California, Irvine CA 2016-R2-CX-0014 $50,000 Closed
2018 Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2018-R2-CX-0019 $97,328 Closed
2018 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY18 Continuations University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2018 Reducing Traffic Related Officer Fatalities and Injuries through Technology Enhancement and Policy NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY KS 2018-R2-CX-0024 $496,184 Closed
2018 RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities. NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 2018-75-CX-K002 $599,121 Closed
2018 The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region. NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2018-R2-CX-0014 $106,701 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2017 A Comparison of Postmortem and Perimortem Rib Fracture Patterns in Articulated and Disarticulated Ribs NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2017-IJ-CX-0006 $50,000 Closed
2017 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $48,818 Open
2017 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,994 Closed
2017 A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DC 2017-R2-CX-0007 $50,000 Closed
2017 A proposal to operate the National Criminal Justice Technology Resource Center. NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications Leidos Innovations Corporation MD 2014-IJ-CX-K404 $7,069,658 Closed
2017 American Association for the Advancement of ScienceScience & Technology Policy Fellowships NIJ FY17 Office of Science and Technology Continuations AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2016-R2-CX-0025 $517,894 Closed
2017 Assessment of National and State Tip Line Technology as a Strategy for Identifying Threats to School Safety NIJ FY17 Research, Development, and Evaluation of Technologies to Improve School Safety RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2017-CK-BX-0004 $1,813,631 Closed
2017 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $40,780 Closed
2017 Category #1 - Neighborhoods, Stress, & Police Behavior: Understanding the Relationships NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2017-R2-CX-0045 $568,576 Closed
2017 Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0001 $50,000 Closed
2017 Deep Learning and Its Application to Forensic Data NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of U. at Buffalo NY 2017-MU-CX-0010 $44,348 Closed
2017 DeGrade It NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Dartmouth College NH 2016-R2-CX-0012 $49,511 Closed
2017 Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2016-DN-BX-0011 $49,788 Closed