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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: Artificial Intelligence

Number of Awards: 136
Total Amount Awarded: $47,841,680

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Utilizing eDNA from Four Biological Taxa Associated with Geologic Evidence for Sample-to-Sample Comparisons and Study Site Separation Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 2020-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0014 $169,264 Closed
2019 Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 Georgia Tech Research Corporation GA 2019-R2-CX-0042 $86,428 Closed
2019 AI Enabled Community Supervision for Criminal Justice Services Artificial Intelligence Research and Development to Support Community Supervision, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2019-75-CX-K001 $1,999,778 Past Project Period End Date
2019 AI R&D to Support Community Supervision: Integrated Dynamic Risk Assessment for Community Supervision Artificial Intelligence Research and Development to Support Community Supervision, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0012 $1,197,273 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model) Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE UTAH UT 2019-NE-BX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2019 Developing, Visualization, and Reporting a Combined 2D+3D Automated Dental Biometrics Identification System for Forensic Odontology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE INC MA 2019-R2-CX-0036 $100,000 Closed
2019 Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0041 $99,618 Closed
2019 Northwest Indian Community Development Center- Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019 TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE CA 2019-75-CX-0016 $105,000 Closed
2018 A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NY 2018-DU-BX-0202 $431,917 Closed
2018 An Object-Centric Approach for Image Analysis to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 2018-75-CX-0038 $1,005,852 Closed
2018 Applying Artificial Intelligence to Person-Based Policing Practices NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION VA 2018-75-CX-0002 $563,411 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Combating Human Trafficking Using Structural Information in Online Review Sites NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP GA 2018-75-CX-0031 $361,069 Closed
2018 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY18 Continuations University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2018 RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities. NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 2018-75-CX-K002 $599,121 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-NE-BX-0001 $368,512 Closed
2017 Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Chicago IL 2017-MU-MU-0042 $532,286 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 Understanding School Climate for American Indian Youth: A CBPR Case-Study Approach NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 2017-CK-BX-0005 $811,125 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2017-VA-CX-0033 $452,553 Closed
2016 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics Non-solicited Applications The University of Chicago IL 2015-DN-BX-K430 $564,735 Closed
2016 Advanced learning techniques for detection of contraband video Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 2016-MU-MU-K082 $465,815 Closed
2016 DeepPatrol: Finding Illicit Videos for Law Enforcement Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program University of Rhode Island RI 2016-MU-CX-K015 $396,686 Closed
2016 Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0183 $93,561 Closed