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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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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,921
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,422,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Vesaria LLC d/b/a Grier Forensics NJ 2014-IJ-CX-K001 $71,966 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
2015 Reduction of Backlogged Cases to Improve the Timeliness of Forensic Results for Submitting Agencies in the State of Wyoming NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2015-CD-BX-0013 $63,705 Closed
2015 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes (DVI) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2015-DN-BX-K066 $724,799 Closed
2015 Research Assistantship Program, VAIW NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0014 $72,446 Closed
2015 Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory Quality Assurance Officer NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Rhode Island Public Saftey Grant Administration Office RI 2015-CD-BX-0009 $63,705 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 South Dakota Forensic Laboratory FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2015-CD-BX-0023 $63,705 Closed
2015 South Dakota FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2015-DN-BX-0060 $150,719 Closed
2015 State of Nebraska - DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program State of Nebraska NE 2015-DN-BX-0102 $276,018 Closed
2015 Statewide NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2015-DN-BX-0117 $720,453 Closed
2015 Statistical and Mass Spectral Tools for the Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-IJ-CX-K008 $239,652 Closed
2015 Strengthening the evaluation and interpretation of glass evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-DN-BX-K049 $230,471 Closed
2015 Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Underwriters Laboratories Inc. IL 2015-DN-BX-K052 $999,081 Closed
2015 Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation and Use NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K051 $396,719 Closed
2015 Suffolk County Forensic Analysis Improvement Program 2015 NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2015-CD-BX-0070 $95,585 Closed
2015 Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Washington State University WA 2015-DN-BX-K073 $517,243 Closed
2015 Tennessee's FFY 2015 DBRG Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2015-DN-BX-0116 $2,162,375 Closed
2015 The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-IJ-CX-K006 $333,582 Closed
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2015 The FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program for Anoka County - Tri County Regional Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Anoka County of MN 2015-DN-BX-0023 $55,500 Closed
2015 The Implementation of a Forensic Workstation Increases the Timeliness and Efficiency of Evidence Processing in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Dinwiddie VA 2015-CD-BX-0050 $23,183 Closed
2015 The Philadelphia Police Department, Office of Forensic Science, Criminalistics Unit Reduction of Forensic Biology and DNA Case Backlog Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2015-DN-BX-0033 $966,068 Closed
2015 The WI Department of Justice, Crime Laboratory Bureau (WI-DOJ CLB) is applying for the 2015 Paul Coverdell Grant to improve the quality and timeliness of forenisc science and medical examiner services NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2015-CD-BX-0047 $137,241 Closed
2015 Toxicology laboratory improvement for quality and timeliness of services in El Paso County, specifically related to death cases involving forensic alcohol analysis. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program El Paso County CO 2015-CD-BX-0046 $63,753 Closed