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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Number of Awards: 147
Total Amount Awarded: $96,828,206

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.	KY	2015-DN-BX-K018	$533,978	Closed
2015	Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2015-DN-BX-K013	$564,875	Closed
2015	Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	2015-IJ-CX-K014	$639,450	Closed
2015	Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Miami University	OH	2015-DN-BX-K011	$547,722	Closed
2015	Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Idaho State University	ID	2015-DN-BX-K009	$510,409	Closed
2015	Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2015-DN-BX-K019	$250,024	Closed
2015	Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2015-NE-BX-K006	$589,701	Closed
2015	Measuring desiccation: A system using bioelectrical impedance analysis	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Colorado Mesa University	CO	2015-DN-BX-K015	$256,951	Closed
2015	Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of Colorado	CO	2015-DN-BX-K016	$863,485	Closed
2015	MODELING SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS: Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools for the Objective Estimation of Age-at-Death for Modern Populations	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Florida State University	FL	2015-DN-BX-K010	$610,111	Closed
2015	NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2015-DN-BX-K070	$2,238,750	Closed
2015	Skeletal Age Estimation in Modern U.S. Adults: The Effects of Activity, Body Mass, and Osteoarthritis on Age-Related Changes in the Acetabulum	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0009	$42,671	Closed
2015	Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2015-DN-BX-K040	$277,667	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	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$3,750,000	Closed
2014	Evaluation of high density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information from Skeletal Remains	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2014-DN-BX-K035	$264,722	Open
2014	Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains	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-K014	$588,326	Closed
2014	Isotopic Taphonomy of Human Remains	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2014-DN-BX-K002	$462,226	Closed
2014	Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics / Lipidomics Approach	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	2014-DN-BX-K010	$193,079	Closed
2014	The Evaluation and Refinement of Nonmetric Sex and Ancestry Assessment Methods in Japanese and Thai Individuals	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The University of Tennessee	TN	2014-DN-BX-0002	$16,490	Closed
2014	Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2014-DN-BX-K005	$238,863	Closed
2014	Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains from Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2014-DN-BX-K009	$495,853	Closed
2013	A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2013-DN-BX-K037	$226,382	Closed
2013	Citrate Content of Bone: A Potential Measure of Post Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Foundation for SUNY at The College at Brockport	NY	2013-DN-BX-K031	$208,491	Closed
2013	Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	2013-DN-BX-K038	$207,624	Closed