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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: 4,948
Total Amount Awarded: $2,259,712,895

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2015 Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-K038 $400,265 Closed
2015 Use of Genetically Variant Peptides to Statistically Estimate the Genetic Background of Hair Shafts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2015-DN-BX-K065 $397,337 Closed
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 2015-DN-BX-K038 $320,561 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
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing: Identifying the Missing of Minnesota NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing MN Dept. of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension MN 2015-DN-BX-K039 $133,434 Closed
2015 Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Children''s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland CA 2015-DN-BX-K053 $758,184 Closed
2015 Validation of Illumina's MiSeq FGx NGS Platform for Transition to Casework NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K005 $150,000 Closed
2015 Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2015-DN-BX-K048 $212,875 Closed
2015 West Virginia's FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2015-CD-BX-0051 $63,705 Closed
2015 Wide-scale, Agentless, and Rapid collection of Digital Evidence from Networks (WARDEN) NIJ FY 15 Collecting Digital Evidence from Large-Scale Computer Systems and Networks Assured Information Security, Inc. NY 2015-IJ-CX-K003 $276,431 Closed
2015 WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University MI 2015-DY-BX-K008 $418,099 Closed
2014 2014 Arizona Paul Coverdell Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2014-CD-BX-0015 $148,405 Closed
2014 2014 California Coverdell Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2014-CD-BX-0009 $858,467 Closed
2014 2014 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Virgin Islands Department of Justice VI 2014-CD-BX-0008 $63,029 Closed
2014 2014 Coverdell Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Texas TX 2014-CD-BX-0031 $592,315 Closed
2014 2014 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2014-DN-BX-K073 $125,000 Closed
2014 2014 Formula Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy IA 2014-CD-BX-0036 $69,211 Closed
2014 2014 Maine Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Maine ME 2014-CD-BX-0051 $63,029 Closed
2014 2014 Oklahoma Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oklahoma District Attorneys Council OK 2014-CD-BX-0048 $256,627 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2014-CD-BX-0016 $63,029 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program North Carolina Department of Public Safety NC 2014-CD-BX-0050 $220,550 Closed