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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: 4,922
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,937,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY 2013 - Utah Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Utah Department of Public Safety UT 2013-CD-BX-0032 $59,427 Closed
2013 Pennsylvania's 2013 Coverdell application NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2013-CD-BX-0056 $265,645 Closed
2013 Physical Evidence, Forensic Evidence and the Prosecution of Sexual Assault NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2013-NE-BX-0005 $134,980 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2013-DY-BX-K002 $332,533 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K004 $511,438 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K404 $511,438 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing. NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Prosecuting Attorneys' Council GA 2013-DY-BX-K007 $424,038 Closed
2013 Preservation & High Throughput Methods for Human Tissue Samples in Tropical Climates; An Improved DVI Approach NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2013-DN-BX-K034 $170,889 Closed
2013 Project to Identify Cold Case Decedents NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Harris County, Texas TX 2013-DN-BX-K013 $159,658 Closed
2013 Quantitative Algorithm for the Digital Comparison of Torn Duct Tape NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CA 2013-R2-CX-K009 $150,000 Closed
2013 Reference Ballistic Toolmark Database for Research and Development of Identification Systems and Confidence Limits NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2013-R2R-4843 $256,079 Closed
2013 Sexual Assault Kit Processing Efficiency in Law Enforcement Agencies and Crime Laboratories NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Research Triangle Institute NC 2013-NE-BX-0006 $492,295 Closed
2013 Smokeless Powder Reference Collection and SWGFEX Smokeless Powders Database Expansion NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2013-R2-CX-K008 $224,841 Closed
2013 South Dakota Forensic Laboratory FY2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2013-CD-BX-0022 $58,186 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 State of Alabama's FY2013 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (NFSIA) Grant Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2013-CD-BX-0008 $100,360 Closed
2013 State of Georgia - 2013 Paul Coverdell Grant Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council GA 2013-CD-BX-0016 $206,463 Closed
2013 State of Tennessee 2013 Coverdell Application - Formula and Competitive. NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Tennessee TN 2013-CD-BX-0028 $134,373 Closed
2013 Statistical Analysis and Forensics Determination of Designer Drugs via Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2013-DN-BX-K041 $284,562 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
2013 Strengthening of Forensic Science Services at the Washington County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Washington OR 2013-CD-BX-0060 $111,002 Closed
2013 Suffolk County Forensic Analysis Quality and Timeliness Improvement Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2013-CD-BX-0062 $52,582 Closed
2013 Support NIST Work on Fingerprint Database NIJ Non-solicited Applications, Fiscal Year 2013 National Institute of Standards and Technology 2013-IJR-4454 $900,000 Closed
2013 The Fluid Dynamics of Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces with Application to Forensic Blood-Spatter Analysis NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Georgia Tech Research Corporation GA 2013-DN-BX-K003 $299,680 Closed
2013 The impact of a forensic collaborative for older adults on criminal justice and victim outcomes: A randomized-control, longitudinal design NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) CO 2013-MU-CX-0032 $622,283 Closed