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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: Pattern evidence

Number of Awards: 206
Total Amount Awarded: $97,866,428

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Miami-Dade Repeatability and Uniqueness of Striations/Impressions in Bullets Fired in 10 Consecutively Manufactured Glock EBIS Barrels NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Miami Dade County FL 2010-DN-BX-K269 $23,896 Closed
2010 Miami-Dade Research Study for the Reliability of the ACE-V Process: Accuracy, Precision, Reproducibility and Repeatability in Latent Fingerprint Examination NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Miami Dade County FL 2010-DN-BX-K268 $139,530 Closed
2010 Pattern Evidence: Latent Print Training program NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) FL 2010-DN-BX-K265 $638,700 Closed
2010 Quantified Assessment of Contextual Information in Latent Friction Ridge Impression Analysis Related To Accuracy and Reliability of Subsequent Examiner Suitability Determinations NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Complete Consultants Worldwide, LLC. WV 2010-DN-BX-K270 $452,050 Closed
2010 Quantitative Analysis of High Velocity Bloodstain Patterns: A Double Blind Investigation of Impact Velocity Assessment NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence University of California at Davis CA 2010-DN-BX-K039 $248,799 Closed
2010 Reliability Measures for Current Methods in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Minnesota Department of Public Safety MN 2010-DN-BX-K213 $602,578 Closed
2010 Replication of Know Dental Characteristics in Porcine Skin: Emerging Technologies for the Imaging Specialist NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Marquette University WI 2010-DN-BX-K176 $715,347 Closed
2010 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence NIJ FY 10 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. WV 2010-IJ-CX-K024 $2,000,000 Closed
2010 Significance of Association in Tool Mark Characterization NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence Ames Laboratory (DOE) 2009-DN-R-119-2 $390,000 Closed
2010 Statistical Examination of handwriting Characteristics Using Automated Tools NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence Research Foundation of SUNY NY 2010-DN-BX-K037 $425,077 Closed
2010 Universal IR Fluorescent Latent-Print Detection Method NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE) 2008-IJ-R-134-2 $440,013 Closed
2009 A Proposal to develop a computer program to improve the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K257 $1,398,930 Closed
2009 Application of Machine Learning to Toolmarks: Statistically Based Methods for Impression Pattern Comparisons NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2009-DN-BX-K041 $704,189 Closed
2009 Application of spatial statistics to latent print identifications: Towards improved forensic science methodologies NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Western Oregon University OR 2009-DN-BX-K228 $685,754 Closed
2009 City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K205 $1,000,000 Closed
2009 Computerized System for Aiding the Expert in Evaluating the Degree of Certainty in 2D Shoeprints NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2009 U.S. Department of Defense (Israeli National Police via TSWG) 2009-DN-R-090 $366,009 Closed
2009 Consecutive & Random Manufactured Semi-Automatic Pistol Breech Face & Fired Cartridge Case Evaluations NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K168 $703,091 Closed
2009 Development and delivery of a series of seven self-paced, interactive (with simulated exercises) online crime scene investigation training modules. NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Forensic Training Network, LLC CA 2009-DN-BX-K176 $121,625 Closed
2009 Development of Synthetically Generated LEA Signatures to Generalize Probability of False Positive Identification Estimates NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Intelligent Automation, Inc. MD 2009-DN-BX-K236 $450,969 Closed
2009 Error Rates for Latent Fingerprinting as a Function ofVisual Complexity and Cognitive Difficulty NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K225 $866,674 Closed
2009 Establishing the Quantitative Basis for Sufficiency: Thresholds and Metrics for Friction Ridge Pattern Detail Quality and the Foundation for a Standard NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 2009-DN-BX-K229 $854,907 Closed
2009 FY09 Pattern Evidence Training Program NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) FL 2009-DN-BX-K198 $627,321 Closed
2009 Manipulative Virtual Tools for Tool Mark Characterization NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Ames Laboratory (DOE) 2009-DN-R-119-1 $360,000 Closed
2009 Mobile Fingerprint Capture NIJ FY 09 Biometrics Technologies: Invited Full Proposals University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2009-IJ-CX-K021 $354,357 Closed
2009 Provide Labs and Examiners a Capability to Match Infrared Images of Firing Pin Impressions, Deformed bullets matched to test fires, and the validated capability to match images to large data base. NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals SED Technology LLC VA 2009-DN-BX-K262 $729,000 Closed