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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Investigations

Number of Awards: 587
Total Amount Awarded: $272,324,191

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY GA 2016-DN-BX-0196 $637,735 Closed
2016 Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2016-DN-BX-0152 $213,735 Closed
2016 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Gunshot Residue Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2016-DN-BX-0166 $505,278 Closed
2015 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection CT 2015-CD-BX-0001 $85,940 Closed
2015 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UChicago Argonne, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K030 $564,735 Closed
2015 Acquisition of new equipment for Digital Forensics Lab NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Saco ME 2015-CD-BX-0019 $57,217 Closed
2015 Addition of Forensic Capacities in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-CD-BX-0014 $174,882 Closed
2015 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $37,788 Closed
2015 Analytical Validation and Impact Assessment of On-Site Evidence Screening via Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Illinois State University IL 2015-IJ-CX-K011 $299,753 Closed
2015 Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Validating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City and County of Denver - Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K034 $79,150 Closed
2015 Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K027 $140,949 Closed
2015 Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K025 $188,198 Closed
2015 Cost-Effective Printed Microfluidic Devices for Rapid Screening of Narcotics at the Point of Interdiction NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2015-R2-CX-0033 $50,000 Closed
2015 Coverdell 15 NIJ NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Long Beach CA 2015-CD-BX-0073 $50,011 Closed
2015 CPD Forensic Services Division Training Initiative NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Charleston SC 2015-CD-BX-0017 $12,300 Closed
2015 Crime Lab Accreditation and Certification NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Culver City CA 2015-CD-BX-0071 $17,245 Closed
2015 Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Baylor College of Medicine TX 2015-R2-CX-0040 $39,999 Closed
2015 Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K031 $219,127 Closed
2015 Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Miami University OH 2015-DN-BX-K011 $547,722 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 DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0012 $49,994 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Skin Microbiome ad Trace Evidence NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2014-R2-CX-K411 $637,942 Closed
2015 Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification from Bullet Cartridge Cases NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation PA 2015-DN-BX-K059 $494,630 Open
2015 Expansion and Development of the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office Forensic Section NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office MT 2015-CD-BX-0076 $133,397 Closed
2015 Fort Lauderdale Police Evidence Processing Efficiency Project NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Lauderdale FL 2015-CD-BX-0077 $53,435 Closed