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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 2,580
Total Amount Awarded: $1,350,489,246

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Chicago IL 2017-MU-MU-0042 $532,286 Closed
2017 Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE DC 2017-DN-BX-0164 $492,892 Closed
2017 Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2017-DN-BX-0186 $311,609 Closed
2017 Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-DN-BX-0137 $286,931 Closed
2017 Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2017-DN-BX-0136 $903,440 Closed
2017 Quantifying and Qualifying the Influence of Standard Laboratory Procedures on Aged, Degraded, and/or Low Copy Number DNA NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OK 2017-DN-BX-0139 $997,831 Closed
2017 Raman spectroscopy for analyzing body fluid traces: Universal method development NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2017-DN-BX-0135 $681,275 Closed
2017 Security Crystals: NIR-To-NIR Upconverting Nanoparticles for Fingerprint Identification and DNA Extraction NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY SD 2017-IJ-CX-0026 $841,307 Closed
2017 Sexual Assault and Forensic Evidence Program NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) HIGHLANDS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FL 2017-AK-BX-0010 $58,771 Closed
2017 The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2017-IJ-CX-0025 $698,382 Closed
2017 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2017-IJ-CX-0010 $46,155 Closed
2016 A Comprehensive Test of the Methods and Models Used to Assign Geographic Origin to Human Skeletal Remains With Stable Isotope Data Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IsoForensics, Inc. UT 2016-DN-BX-0157 $268,648 Closed
2016 A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas: Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Police Foundation DC 2016-IJ-CX-0019 $235,794 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 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) National Missing and Unidentified Persons System UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $4,700,000 Past Project Period End Date
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 comprehensive genetic tool for identification of Cannabis sativa samples for forensic and intelligence purposes Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0030 $46,008 Closed
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