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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: 4,921
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,422,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2013 DE Statewide Coverdell Expansion NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Executive Office of the Governor of DE DE 2013-CD-BX-0017 $58,186 Closed
2013 Delivery of a Microfluidic Acoustic Sperm Cell Trapping Prototype for Rapid Processing of Sexual Assault Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2013-NE-BX-K027 $199,744 Closed
2013 Detection of Gunshot Residue in Blowfly Larvae, Decomposing Porcine Tissue, and Porcine Bone Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2013-IJ-CX-0012 $30,000 Closed
2013 Developing DNA Friendly Fluorogenic Methods for Detecting, Enhancing and Preserving Bloody and Proteinaceous Impression Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Madonna University MI 2013-DN-BX-K026 $247,377 Closed
2013 Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soils NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-K010 $122,902 Closed
2013 Development and Delivery of Knowledge-based Forensic Science Curricula NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 2013-DNR-4876 $450,000 Closed
2013 Development of improved insertion-deletion assays for human and ancestral identifications from degraded samples NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K036 $329,233 Closed
2013 Development of Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assays for Degraded DNA NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Children''s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland CA 2013-MU-MU-K044 $798,109 Closed
2013 DNA Profiling of Complex Biological Mixtures using HLA-Antibody Probes and Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2013-DN-BX-K033 $385,496 Closed
2013 Dried Blood Spot Analysis as an Emerging Technology for Application in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2013-DN-BX-K017 $571,987 Closed
2013 Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Forensic Science Center 2013-DNR-5042 $344,000 Closed
2013 Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Forensic Science Center 2013-DNR-5042 $492,500 Closed
2013 Enhancing the Capacity, Capabilities, and Validity of U.S. Forensic Laboratories NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Forensic Science Center 2013-DNR-5042 $625,000 Closed
2013 Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Urban Institute DC 2013-IJ-CX-0004 $367,894 Closed
2013 Evaluate a Novel Fluorescent Dye to Detect Ano-genital Injury in Women of Color NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2013-NE-BX-0004 $253,561 Closed
2013 Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Lincoln Memorial University TN 2013-DN-BX-K038 $207,624 Closed
2013 Evidence, Sexual Assaults, and Case Outcomes: Understanding the Role of Sexual Assault Kits, Non-Forensic Evidence, and Case Characteristics NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Urban Institute DC 2013-NE-BX-0007 $499,956 Closed
2013 Expanding Postconviction DNA Testing for Innocent Washington Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington State Patrol WA 2013-DY-BX-K005 $472,170 Closed
2013 FFY13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2013-CD-BX-0005 $267,971 Closed
2013 Fiscal Year 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection CT 2013-DN-BX-0110 $627,120 Closed
2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans GU 2013-CD-BX-0006 $58,186 Closed
2013 Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Harris County TX 2013-CD-BX-0071 $74,147 Closed
2013 Forensic Computer Enhancement NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Charleston SC 2013-CD-BX-0069 $46,000 Closed
2013 Forensic Lab Improvement NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2013-CD-BX-0043 $58,186 Closed
2013 Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of Southern California CA 2013-IJ-CX-0025 $518,327 Closed