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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Number of Awards: 197
Total Amount Awarded: $79,195,243

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2011	Causes of Injuries and Deaths Associated with Law Enforcement Officer Line-of-Duty Vehicular Accidents	NIJ FY 11 Officer Traffic Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications	RAND Corporation	CA	2011-IJ-CX-K013	$220,563	Closed
2011	Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Communities Associated with Corpse Decomposition Using Next Generation Sequencing	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Regents of the University of Colorado	CO	2011-DN-BX-K533	$894,629	Closed
2011	Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Tennessee	TN	2011-DN-BX-K537	$514,495	Closed
2011	Funding for Toxicologic Testing to Improve and Maintain the Quality and Timeliness of Toxicology Services Required to Determine Cause and Manner of Death	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Fulton County Medical Examiner	GA	2011-CD-BX-0082	$55,000	Closed
2011	Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University	FL	2011-DN-BX-K538	$417,595	Closed
2011	Increased Efficiency of Evidence Screening, Processing, and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Benton County	AR	2011-CD-BX-0102	$53,273	Closed
2011	Investigating Unexplained Deaths through Molecular Autopsies	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2011-DN-BX-K535	$696,879	Closed
2011	Medicolegal Death Investigation Training program; Track 1: Delivery of Training, SL #000949	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	National Forensic Science Technology Center, Inc.	FL	2011-DN-BX-K568	$350,000	Closed
2011	MN BCA Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	MN Dept. of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension	MN	2011-DN-BX-K522	$465,079	Closed
2011	Pediatric Fracture Printing: Creating a Science of Statistical Fracture Signature Analysis	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2011-DN-BX-K540	$681,147	Closed
2011	The broad purpose of the Forensic Science Training Program (FSTP) is to contribute to the national effort to elevate standards of practice in the forensic sciences field.	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2011-DN-BX-K570	$796,867	Closed
2010	Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2010-DN-BX-K231	$483,323	Closed
2010	Estimating Postmortem Interval: A Molecular Approach	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2010-DN-BX-K180	$462,492	Closed
2010	Estimation of Age at Death using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2010-DN-BX-K035	$114,263	Closed
2010	Evaluating the Use of DNA and RNA Degradation for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K228	$167,414	Closed
2010	Forensic Death Investigation Training	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	University of North Dakota	ND	2010-DN-BX-K263	$999,876	Closed
2010	Funding for toxicologic testing to improve the quality and timeliness of toxicology services required to determine cause and manner of death	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Fulton County Medical Examiner	GA	2010-CD-BX-0067	$55,000	Closed
2010	FY 2010 San Diego County Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	County of San Diego	CA	2010-DN-BX-K258	$289,524	Closed
2010	Genetic Markers Associated with Sudden Unexplained Death or Sudden Infant Death	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	County of Harris, Texas	TX	2010-DN-BX-K230	$254,521	Closed
2010	Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	County of Hrris, Texas	TX	2010-DN-BX-K235	$26,409	Closed
2010	Investigation of a novel approach to forensic analysis using neutron imaging techniques	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)		2008-IJ-R-134-1	$499,261	Closed
2010	Novel Computer-Assisted Identification Method Using Radiograph Comparison	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Harris County	TX	2010-DN-BX-K194	$366,561	Closed
2010	Testing the Validity of Radiographic Comparisons inPositive Identifications	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	North Carolina State University	NC	2010-DN-BX-K214	$284,763	Closed
2010	The Effects of Acquisition of Postmortem Blood Specimens on Drug Levels and the Effects of Transport Conditions on Degradation of Drugs	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Iowa Department of Public Health	IA	2010-DN-BX-K216	$167,697	Closed
2010	Utility of Postmortem X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) in Supplanting or Supplementing Medicolegal Autopsies	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	NM	2010-DN-BX-K205	$895,832	Closed