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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Number of Awards: 267
Total Amount Awarded: $160,055,527

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2016	Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2016-DN-BX-0173	$714,891	Closed
2016	Investigating upper thermal limits of forensically important blow flies to improve testimony in forensic entomology	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH	TX	2016-DN-BX-0204	$540,545	Closed
2016	Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2016-DN-BX-0010	$50,000	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Project SECURE: Keeping Kids Safe in San Francisco Unified School District.	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	SRI INTERNATIONAL	CA	2016-CK-BX-0002	$4,641,134	Closed
2015	"FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program" - Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Hamilton County	OH	2015-DN-BX-0093	$164,327	Closed
2015	2015 California Coverdell Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Governor's Office of Emergency Services	CA	2015-CD-BX-0036	$916,081	Closed
2015	2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Forensic Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of San Mateo	CA	2015-DN-BX-0080	$166,034	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	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Florida Department of Law Enforcement	FL	2015-CD-BX-0048	$467,279	Closed
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Department of Criminal Justice Services	VA	2015-CD-BX-0068	$197,409	Closed
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program-Washington State Application	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Washington State Patrol	WA	2015-CD-BX-0057	$166,604	Closed
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Program for Louisiana	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement	LA	2015-CD-BX-0044	$110,541	Closed
2015	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$5,000,000	Closed
2015	Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.	KY	2015-DN-BX-K018	$533,978	Closed
2015	Case Completion Time Improvement and Backlog Reduction Program for The Monroe County Office of the Medical Examiner	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Monroe County	NY	2015-CD-BX-0018	$174,968	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 Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Idaho State University	ID	2015-DN-BX-K009	$510,409	Closed
2015	Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through High Throughout Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2015-DN-BX-K017	$712,168	Closed
2015	Evaluation of the Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Initiative	NIJ FY 15 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2015-VF-GX-K101	$704,919	Closed
2015	Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2015-DN-BX-K019	$250,024	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 Grant	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	North Dakota	ND	2015-DN-BX-0071	$150,000	Closed
2015	FY 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula-based Application	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services	OH	2015-CD-BX-0055	$276,522	Closed
2015	FY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Alaska Dept of Public Safety	AK	2015-CD-BX-0064	$63,705	Closed