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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: Investigations

Number of Awards: 587
Total Amount Awarded: $272,324,191

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-K038 $400,265 Closed
2015 Use of Genetically Variant Peptides to Statistically Estimate the Genetic Background of Hair Shafts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2015-DN-BX-K065 $397,337 Closed
2014 2014 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2014-DN-BX-K073 $125,000 Closed
2014 2014 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Orlando FL 2014-DN-BX-K078 $81,446 Closed
2014 3D Laser Scanning Equipment for Crime Scene Analysis NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of New Orleans LA 2014-CD-BX-0024 $171,362 Closed
2014 Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2014-DN-BX-K021 $403,397 Closed
2014 Clearwater Cold Case Team Project 2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Clearwater FL 2014-DN-BX-K086 $30,671 Closed
2014 Cobb County Cold Case Unit NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Cobb County Board of Commissioners GA 2014-DN-BX-K081 $246,814 Closed
2014 Cold Case Squad and DNA Analysis Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Montgomery County Ohio OH 2014-DN-BX-K067 $167,323 Closed
2014 Computational methods for the interpretation of forensic DNA samples NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Camden Campus NJ 2014-DN-BX-0001 $34,999 Closed
2014 CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection -- Division of Scientific Services and the CT Division of Criminal Justice 2014 DNA Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA CT Division of Criminal Justice CT 2014-DN-BX-K080 $269,973 Closed
2014 Differential Sampling of Footwear to Separate Relevant Evidentiary Particles from Background Noise NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2014-DN-BX-K011 $390,208 Closed
2014 Evaluating the Skin Microbiome as Trace Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Colorado CO 2014-R2-CX-K011 $637,942 Closed
2014 Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Abt Associates Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0006 $492,113 Closed
2014 Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Utah UT 2014-DN-BX-0003 $35,000 Closed
2014 Fort Myers Cold Case Review Team NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Fort Myers FL 2014-DN-BX-K068 $266,314 Closed
2014 FY 2014 Indianapolis Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Indianapolis IN 2014-DN-BX-K084 $255,869 Closed
2014 Hand-Held Multispectral Camera for Crime Scene Investigation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ 2014-DN-BX-K003 $356,039 Closed
2014 Methods for obtaining STR???quality touch DNA from archived fingerprints NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-DN-BX-K013 $255,047 Closed
2014 Miami-Dade Police Department Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2014-DN-BX-K074 $125,000 Closed
2014 Montana State Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Montana Board of Crime Control MT 2014-CD-BX-0046 $63,029 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cases With DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2014-DN-BX-K062 $192,955 Closed
2014 Novel Collection Device for Enhanced DNA Recovery and Release from Biological Stain Samples NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-DN-BX-K033 $487,884 Closed
2014 Palm Beach County Sheriff''s Office Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Palm Beach County Sheriff''s Office FL 2014-DN-BX-K082 $125,000 Closed
2014 Pasco Sheriff''s Office Cold Case Initiative: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Pasco County FL 2014-DN-BX-K066 $116,747 Closed