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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Number of Awards: 196
Total Amount Awarded: $78,637,636

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2014	Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics / Lipidomics Approach	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	2014-DN-BX-K010	$193,079	Closed
2014	Substance Abuse Treatment as a Mechanism to Reduce Drug Abuse and Crime	NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data	National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.	MA	2014-R2-CX-0015	$39,996	Closed
2014	Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2014-DN-BX-K005	$238,863	Closed
2014	Utilization of microbial structure and function in investigations of criminal justice	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Mississippi State University	MS	2014-DN-BX-K008	$843,376	Closed
2014	Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains from Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2014-DN-BX-K009	$495,853	Closed
2013	A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2013-DN-BX-K037	$226,382	Closed
2013	Citrate Content of Bone: A Potential Measure of Post Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Foundation for SUNY at The College at Brockport	NY	2013-DN-BX-K031	$208,491	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	Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Markings, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes	NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Marking, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	VA	2013-R2-CX-K004	$806,199	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	Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2013-DN-BX-K004	$498,616	Closed
2013	Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2013-DN-BX-K019	$197,491	Closed
2013	Statistical Methods for Combining Multivariate and Categorical Data in Postmortem Interval Estimation	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - N.O.	LA	2013-DN-BX-K042	$360,053	Closed
2012	A Multi-Modal Method for Determining the Postmortem Interval in Juvenile Remains and Assessing Skeletal Health	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	North Carolina State University	NC	2012-DN-BX-K049	$270,877	Closed
2012	Detection of Designer Drugs and Potent Complex Pharmaceuticals in Death Investigations	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2012-CD-BX-0024	$175,000	Closed
2012	Development and Validation of a New Pediatric Head Injury Assessment Tool for Possible Child Abuse Cases Considering Subject-Specific Child Head Anatomy	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of Michigan	MI	2012-DN-BX-K045	$549,859	Closed
2012	EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation	NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths	The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego	CA	2012-R2-CX-K006	$431,943	Closed
2012	Genomic tools to reduce error in PMI estimates derived from entomological evidence	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Texas A&M AgriLife Research	TX	2012-DN-BX-K024	$496,661	Closed
2012	Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals	NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Texas State University San Marcos	TX	2011-DN-BX-K838	$417,595	Closed
2012	Human decomposition: A mosaic model for community succession and implications for future forensic research	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2012-DN-BX-K023	$304,961	Closed
2012	Improved Detection of Synthetic Cathinones ("Bath Salts")in Forensic Toxicology Samples	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2012-R2-CX-K003	$190,227	Closed
2012	Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2012-DN-BX-K019	$574,868	Closed
2012	Stress Biomarkers Among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Excited Delirium and Severe Pain in the Emergency Department	NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths	Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation	MN	2012-R2-CX-K007	$338,747	Closed
2012	The Interpretation of Patterned Injuries in Medicolegal Death Investigation	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	East Carolina University	NC	2012-DN-BX-K053	$377,480	Closed
2011	Causes of Injuries and Deaths Associated with Law Enforcement Officer Line-of-Duty Vehicular Accidents	NIJ FY 11 Officer Traffic Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications	RAND Corporation	CA	2011-IJ-CX-K013	$220,563	Closed