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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: Medicolegal death investigations

Number of Awards: 196
Total Amount Awarded: $78,637,636

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0031 $48,907 Closed
2017 Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0010 $50,000 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY TN 2017-DN-BX-0146 $377,535 Closed
2017 Quantifying the Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors to Improve Juvenile Age Estimation NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2017-DN-BX-0144 $561,528 Closed
2017 Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-R2-CX-0021 $494,695 Closed
2017 Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-R2-CX-0004 $50,000 Closed
2017 Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 2017-DN-BX-0145 $598,632 Closed
2016 A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IsoForensics, Inc. UT 2016-DN-BX-0157 $268,648 Closed
2016 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $47,833 Open
2016 Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2016-DN-BX-0147 $449,437 Closed
2016 DNA from Burned Bone: The application of ancient DNA methods to forensic DNA recovery Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2016-DN-BX-0158 $657,544 Closed
2016 Evaluation of Sample Preparation Techniques for Matrix Effects and Absolute Recovery Using UPLC-MS/MS Using Opiates and Liver Tissue Specimens as the Model and Application to Post-Mortem Toxicology Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2016-DN-BX-0148 $91,017 Closed
2016 Evaluation of The Use of A Contactless, Three-Dimensional Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints from Unidentified Human Remains Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FlashScan3D, LLC TX 2016-DN-BX-0180 $591,262 Closed
2016 Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE NM 2016-DN-BX-0144 $702,654 Closed
2016 Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES CA 2016-DN-BX-0159 $866,896 Past Project Period End Date
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 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 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 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 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 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 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