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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.
Description

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 Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 Detroit SAK Action Research Project NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $515,000 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 Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2010-DN-BX-K403 $476,187 Closed
2012 Development of a turnkey analytical system for the forensic comparison and identification of fiber dyes on casework-sized fibers NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Microtrace LLC IL 2012-DN-BX-K042 $501,920 Closed
2012 Development of Novel 1,2-Indanedione Fingerprint Reagents NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2012-IJ-CX-0019 $25,000 Closed
2012 Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K033 $747,797 Closed
2012 Developmental Validation of a High-Specificity Multiplex Assay for Human Body Fluid Identification NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Colorado Seminary, which owns the University of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K035 $576,429 Closed
2012 DNA analysis of unidentified remains to assist in identifying missing persons. NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Orchid Cellmark Inc. TX 2012-DN-BX-K055 $101,639 Closed
2012 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2012-DN-BX-K021 $350,200 Closed
2012 Enhancement of Local Crime Lab and Medical Examiner Services NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Dallas County TX 2012-CD-BX-0072 $174,410 Closed
2012 Establishing Exclusion Criteria and the Significance of Inclusion for Complex Low-Template DNA Mixtures NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2012-DN-BX-K050 $598,765 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 Exploitation of Very Small Particles to Enhance the Probative Value of Carpet Fibers NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2012-DN-BX-K041 $399,734 Closed
2012 Familial DNA Database Search System-Hardware/Software Integration Project NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City and County of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K036 $447,979 Closed
2012 Fiscal Year 2012 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection CT 2012-CD-BX-0005 $81,947 Closed
2012 Forensic Chemistry of Substituted 1-Alkyl-3-Acylindoles: Isomeric Synthetic Cannabinoids. NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Auburn University AL 2012-DN-BX-K026 $865,784 Closed
2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction and Capacity Enhancement Program for the Orange County Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Orange County Sheriff Coroner Department CA 2012-DN-BX-0056 $446,654 Closed
2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wyoming State Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2012-DN-BX-0098 $200,000 Closed
2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Honolulu Police Department NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City and County of Honolulu HI 2012-DN-BX-0080 $242,239 Closed
2012 Forensic Services Improvement Project NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Harrison County Sheriff''s Department MS 2012-CD-BX-0071 $67,323 Closed
2012 FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - County of Alameda, California NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program County of Alameda, California CA 2012-DN-BX-0029 $264,301 Closed
2012 FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Massachusetts State Police Forensic Services Group NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2012-DN-BX-0097 $1,398,801 Closed
2012 FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations - County of Alameda, California NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations County of Alameda, California CA 2011-DN-BX-K441 $55,549 Closed
2012 FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program for Louisiana NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement LA 2012-CD-BX-0046 $104,699 Closed
2012 FY 12 Paul Coverdell Grant Application NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2012-CD-BX-0019 $63,517 Closed