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: 2,584
Total Amount Awarded: $1,352,126,447

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2016	Developmental validation of a miRNA panel for forensic body fluid identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-DN-BX-0163	$256,626	Closed
2016	DNA from Burned Bone: The application of ancient DNA methods to forensic DNA recovery	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2016-DN-BX-0158	$657,544	Closed
2016	DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0012	$50,000	Closed
2016	Engineering a High-Fidelity, Damage-Tolerant Polymerase for the Forensic Analysis of Damaged DNA Samples	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Northeastern University	MA	2015-R2-CX-0011	$46,567	Closed
2016	Enhancing and Sustaining the ALFRED-FROG-KB Forensic Resource	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Yale University	CT	2016-DN-BX-0162	$1,062,736	Open
2016	Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0178	$270,616	Closed
2016	Evaluating Massive Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification.	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2016-DN-BX-0172	$474,130	Closed
2016	Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification.	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-K001	$727,072	Closed
2016	Evaluation of Peer Review and Verification Processes	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Georgia Bureau of Investigation	GA	2016-DN-BX-K005	$78,670	Closed
2016	Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative	Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative	WESTAT, INC.	MD	2016-AK-BX-K020	$1,999,995	Closed
2016	Firearm Toolmark Population Statistics for Objective Identification and Error Rate Estimation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	National Institute of Standards and Technology		2016-DNR-6257-1	$367,863	Closed
2016	Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-DN-BX-0151	$443,598	Closed
2016	Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2015-R2-CX-0019	$46,083	Closed
2016	Graduate Research Fellowship: Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid OnsiteScreening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biologicalsamples	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0034	$50,000	Open
2016	High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	2016-DN-BX-0153	$397,643	Closed
2016	Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Central Florida	FL	2016-DN-BX-0165	$424,799	Closed
2016	Improved sample collection and preservation of DNA from decomposing human remains; A direct PCR approach for faster disaster victim identification (DVI)	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0029	$46,008	Closed
2016	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$49,045	Closed
2016	Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK	PA	2016-DN-BX-0171	$295,249	Closed
2016	Oregon's FY 2016 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Program	Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting	Oregon State Police	OR	2016-DN-BX-K012	$1,040,188	Open
2016	Rapid and Accurate On-Site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-Reactive Aptamer	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2016-DN-BX-0167	$208,971	Closed
2016	Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-0154	$682,474	Closed
2015	"FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program" - Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Hamilton County	OH	2015-DN-BX-0093	$164,327	Closed