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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Number of Awards: 334
Total Amount Awarded: $163,455,615

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	A rotational platform-driven microdevice for differential separation, purification, & amplification of sexual assault forensic samples	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-NE-BX-0002	$676,460	Closed
2016	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	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-R2-CX-0023	$38,683	Closed
2016	Automation of a Sperm DNA Capture Assay for Forensic Applications	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	General Electric Company	NY	2016-DN-BX-0156	$499,994	Closed
2016	Characterization and Quantification of Microbial Degradation of Sexual Lubricants	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2016-DN-BX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2016	Characterization of personal and condom lubricants using DART-TOFMS and comprehensive-GC-MS	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Central Florida	FL	2016-DN-BX-0004	$50,000	Closed
2016	Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for the State University of New York	NY	2016-DN-BX-0011	$49,653	Closed
2016	Development and Evaluation of miRNA Panels for Body Fluid Identification Using Capillary Electrophoresis and Massively Parallel Sequencing Methods	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2016-DN-BX-0001	$47,186	Open
2016	Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Loyola University Maryland	MD	2016-DN-BX-0181	$154,521	Closed
2016	Development of a White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Individuals	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2016	Development of NGS (next generation sequencing) nomenclature framework	Non-solicited Applications	National Institute of Standards and Technology		2016-DNR-6150	$748,000	Closed
2016	Developmental validation of a miRNA panel for forensic body fluid identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-DN-BX-0163	$256,626	Closed
2016	DNA from Burned Bone: The application of ancient DNA methods to forensic DNA recovery	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2016-DN-BX-0158	$657,544	Closed
2016	Engineering a High-Fidelity, Damage-Tolerant Polymerase for the Forensic Analysis of Damaged DNA Samples	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Northeastern University	MA	2015-R2-CX-0011	$46,567	Closed
2016	Enhancing and Sustaining the ALFRED-FROG-KB Forensic Resource	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Yale University	CT	2016-DN-BX-0162	$1,062,736	Open
2016	Evaluating Massive Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification.	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2016-DN-BX-0172	$474,130	Closed
2016	Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2015-R2-CX-0019	$46,083	Closed
2016	Graduate Research Fellowship: Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid OnsiteScreening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biologicalsamples	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0034	$50,000	Open
2016	High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	2016-DN-BX-0153	$397,643	Closed
2016	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$49,045	Closed
2016	Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK	PA	2016-DN-BX-0171	$295,249	Closed
2016	Rapid and Accurate On-Site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-Reactive Aptamer	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2016-DN-BX-0167	$208,971	Closed
2016	Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Applied Research Associates, Inc.	NM	2016-DN-BX-0161	$209,408	Closed
2016	Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-0154	$682,474	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