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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: Trace evidence

Number of Awards: 1,093
Total Amount Awarded: $252,276,796

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 The award is distributed among four of the stat's five medical examiners to facilitate improvement of forensic investigation capacity as approved by the state's forensic Investigations council. Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Washington Department of Commerce WA 2005-DN-BX-0018 $201,211 Closed
2005 The Douglas County Nebraska Forensic Science Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Douglas County NE 2005-DN-BX-0013 $91,810 Closed
2005 The Minneapolis Police Department will utilize funding under this 2005 Coverdell program to increase the capacity and quality of firearms and ballistic examination, and subsequent entries into IBIS, t Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Minneapolis MN 2005-DN-BX-0084 $55,918 Closed
2005 The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $97,019 Closed
2005 To enhance the basic forensic capabilities of the City of Rogers Police Department in evidence recovery and processing, which will in turn reduce the evidence backlog and improve the quality and timel Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Rogers AR 2005-DN-BX-0120 $28,191 Closed
2005 Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training (WFLETC) Casework Support & Training. NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $98,664 Closed
2005 Whitley County Coroner's Office Strive for Professionalism--Equipped to Serve Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Whitley County IN 2005-DN-BX-0095 $60,068 Closed
2004 Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Forensic Science: Analysis of Glass Samples General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers University of Central Florida FL 2004-IJ-CX-K031 $210,728 Closed
2004 Forensic Glass Analysis by LA-ICP-MS: Assessing the Feasibility of Correlating Windshield Composition and Supplier General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers Sacramento County CA 2004-IJ-CX-K007 $36,053 Closed
2004 Nanotechnology DNA Sequencing:
Improving DNA processing technologies 		National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Brown University RI 2004-LT-BX-K001 $445,265 Closed
2004 The proposal is continue the work of the Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training Center (WFLETC) to train First Responders and Crime Scene Personnel in the proper handling and collection of evid National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $989,477 Closed
2003 2003 Forensic Crime Lab Improvement Program National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards SC Law Enforcement Division SC 2004-LP-CX-K001 $2,483,750 Closed
2003 Elemental Analysis of Glass and Paint Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Forensic Application General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2003-IJ-CX-K004 $136,627 Closed
2003 Improving Crime Lab Evidence Analysis and Efficiency in Utah in support of DNA/Biology, Chemistry/Trace, Firearms, and Impression casework. Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program) State of Utah UT 2003-DN-BX-0087 $29,805 Closed
2003 The proposal is to establish the Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training Center (WFLETC) to train First Responders and Crime Scene Personnel in the proper handling and collection of evidence as National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $248,375 Closed
2003 The Whittier Police Department's (WPD) primary mission is to eliminate crime and to create peace and harmony in the community by developing cooperative relationships between police, government, citize National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards City of Whittier CA 2003-IJ-CX-K013 $496,750 Closed
2002 City of Bellevue PD Forensic Srvs Unit Crime Lab Imprv Proj Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 City of Bellevue WA 2002-RC-CX-K003 $648,570 Closed
2001 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Iowa State University of Science And Technology IA 2001-LT-BX-K004 $160,000 Closed