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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Number of Awards: 2,251
Total Amount Awarded: $772,139,027

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2019	Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0044	$100,000	Closed
2019	Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-NE-BX-0005	$169,628	Closed
2018	A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	2018-DU-BX-0174	$176,490	Closed
2018	A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY	NY	2018-DU-BX-0202	$431,917	Closed
2018	A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resol	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	2018-DU-BX-0168	$448,063	Closed
2018	Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0181	$354,751	Closed
2018	Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2018-NE-BX-0001	$600,704	Closed
2018	Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2018-DU-BX-0177	$694,525	Closed
2018	Better Forensic Markers: Microhaplotypes and Ancestry SNPs	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	YALE UNIVERSITY	CT	2018-75-CX-0041	$1,083,499	Closed
2018	Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NOBLIS, INC.	VA	2018-DU-BX-0214	$1,086,976	Closed
2018	Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	MA	2018-MU-MU-0013	$462,091	Closed
2018	Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of South Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-DU-BX-0197	$130,242	Closed
2018	Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2018	Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2018-MU-BX-0004	$635,430	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Characterization of Modern Ammunition and Background Profiles: A Novel Approach and Probabilistic Interpretation of Inorganic Gunshot Residue	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2018-R2-CX-0009	$100,000	Closed
2018	Classification Procedure for Lubricant Stains and Samples Collected from Sexual Assaults	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2018-MU-BX-0002	$354,195	Closed
2018	Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-DU-BX-0227	$616,407	Closed
2018	Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-DU-BX-0226	$171,041	Closed
2018	Detection and Identification of Psychoactive Material Based On SPME-facilitated DART-MS-derived Headspace Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2018-R2-CX-0012	$100,000	Closed
2018	Development and Application of Small-molecule Spatial Distribution Imaging: Laser Ablation Direct Analysis in Real Time Imaging-Mass Spectrometry (LADI-MS)	NIJ FY18 Continuations	The State University of New York, University at Albany	NY	2017-R2-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2018	Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	2018-75-CX-0039	$299,529	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Development of a probabilistic multiclass model selection algorithm for high-dimension and complex data encountered in forensic pattern and trace evidence.	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY	SD	2018-R2-CX-0010	$149,942	Closed
2018	Development of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear STR and SNP Markers	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND	CA	2018-DU-BX-0183	$696,362	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE	TX	2018-R2-CX-0032	$487,386	Closed
2018	Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-75-CX-0034	$445,244	Past Project Period End Date