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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: Pattern evidence

Number of Awards: 213
Total Amount Awarded: $100,667,382

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Development and Properties of Kernel-Based Methods for the Interpretation and Presentation of Forensic Evidence NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics South Dakota State University SD 2015-R2-CX-0028 $33,513 Closed
2015 Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0010 $50,000 Closed
2015 Forensic Investigation of Bloodstains Using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: species differentiation, kinetic changes, donor age, and potential false positives NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2015-R2-CX-0021 $49,795 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program: Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Ohio Attorney General OH 2015-DN-BX-0050 $823,470 Closed
2015 FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program David Rahnisky MI 2015-CD-BX-0078 $77,063 Closed
2015 Impression Evidence Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Idaho State Police ID 2015-CD-BX-0043 $63,705 Closed
2015 Multi-Site Evaluations of Courts on the Frontline: Systematically Assessing Implementation and Intermediate Outcomes in Veterans Treatment Courts NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY MO 2015-VV-BX-K020 $761,231 Closed
2015 Orlando Police Department ForensicLaboratory Equipment Upgrade NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Orlando FL 2015-CD-BX-0033 $174,963 Closed
2015 Quantitative Tools for Examination of Microscopic Fracture Surface Topology and Degradation for Physical Match Analysis of Evidence NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2015-DN-BX-K056 $445,341 Closed
2015 RECOVERY OF DEFACED SERIAL NUMBERS USING INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Idaho State University ID 2015-R2-CX-0017 $50,000 Closed
2014 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2014-DN-BX-K012 $190,400 Closed
2014 Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2014-DN-BX-K021 $403,397 Closed
2014 Developing Effective Methods for Addressing Contextual Bias in Forensic Science NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of California CA 2014-DN-BX-K032 $355,705 Closed
2014 Differential Sampling of Footwear to Separate Relevant Evidentiary Particles from Background Noise NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2014-DN-BX-K011 $390,208 Closed
2014 Evaluation of The Use of A Non-Contact, 3D Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FlashScan3D, LLC TX 2014-IJ-CX-K003 $364,830 Closed
2014 Finding the Region of Origin of Bloodspatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2014-DN-BX-K036 $719,015 Closed
2014 Foundational Research into the Quantification of the Value of Forensic Evidence for Complex Evidential Forms arising from Impression and Pattern Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes South Dakota State University SD 2014-IJ-CX-K088 $780,301 Closed
2014 Mapping Transnational Gang Activity FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-0028 $79,982 Closed
2014 Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Michigan State University MI 2014-NE-BX-0006 $699,533 Closed
2014 SSBT CoE Contactless Finger Print Technologies Assessment Version 2 (Part B) FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. VA 2014-ZD-CX-K001 $359,608 Closed
2014 Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence-Supplement FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-0015 $249,046 Closed
2014 Transfer of Bloodstains from Textile Surfaces: A Fundamental Analysis NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes North Carolina State University NC 2014-IJ-CX-K002 $305,692 Closed
2013 A Quantitative Assessment of Shoeprint Accidental Patterns with Implications Regarding Similarity, Frequency and Chance Association of Features NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2013-DN-BX-K043 $389,321 Closed
2013 A Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-0015 $249,957 Closed
2013 ACEware Latent Fingerprint Identification Research and Software Development. NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Noblis, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-K011 $499,942 Closed