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.

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

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Number of Awards: 328
Total Amount Awarded: $153,325,192

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2013	Developing DNA Friendly Fluorogenic Methods for Detecting, Enhancing and Preserving Bloody and Proteinaceous Impression Evidence	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Madonna University	MI	2013-DN-BX-K026	$247,377	Closed
2013	Dried Blood Spot Analysis as an Emerging Technology for Application in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2013-DN-BX-K017	$571,987	Closed
2013	The Fluid Dynamics of Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces with Application to Forensic Blood-Spatter Analysis	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	GA	2013-DN-BX-K003	$299,680	Closed
2012	Body fluid Identification using epigenetic methylation markers and pyrosequencing	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Florida International University	FL	2012-DN-BX-K018	$316,850	Closed
2012	Brass Board Forensic Crime Scene Survey Camera	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC	CA	2012-DN-BX-K046	$409,774	Closed
2012	Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis	NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2010-DN-BX-K403	$476,187	Closed
2012	Establishing Exclusion Criteria and the Significance of Inclusion for Complex Low-Template DNA Mixtures	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2012-DN-BX-K050	$598,765	Closed
2012	Exploitation of Very Small Particles to Enhance the Probative Value of Carpet Fibers	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Stoney Forensic, Inc.	VA	2012-DN-BX-K041	$399,734	Closed
2012	Improving the PDQ database to Enhance Investigative Lead Information from Automotive Parts	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Oklahoma State University	OK	2012-DN-BX-K059	$439,842	Closed
2012	Increased Efficiency of Processing and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Benton County	AR	2012-CD-BX-0070	$68,207	Closed
2012	Paper microfluidic systems for rapid and inexpensive presumptive detection of drugs and explosives	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University	FL	2012-DN-BX-K048	$180,224	Closed
2012	The Analysis of Trace Forensic Evidence Using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry: Differentiating Fibers	NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	St. Olaf College	MN	2012-DN-BX-K020	$113,858	Closed
2011	Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crimes Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2011-DN-BX-K552	$396,780	Closed
2011	Development of a Mobile, Automated Tool Mark Characterization/Comparison System	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Ames Laboratory (DOE)		2011-DN-R-0230-2	$499,000	Closed
2011	DNA Evidence for Investigators	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	City of Oakland - Oakland Police Department	CA	2011-MU-BX-K572	$514,444	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	Multimode Imaging in the Thermal Infrared: Validation for Blood, Extension to Latent Prints	NIJ FY 11 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies for Criminal Justice Applications	University of South Carolina Research Foundation	SC	2011-IJ-CX-K055	$667,388	Closed
2011	Raman spectroscopy for analyzing body fluid traces, stain aging, differentiation between races, genders and species	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Research Foundation of SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2011-DN-BX-K551	$615,575	Closed
2011	Specialized Crime Scene Investigator Training in Forensic Digital Photography, Crime Scene Mapping, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Shooting Scene Reconstruction	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	The University of Tennessee	TN	2011-DN-BX-K567	$450,000	Closed
2011	The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution	NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science	University of New Haven	CT	2011-DN-BX-0003	$174,668	Closed
2010	Crime Scene Investigation - Intermediate Level training program	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC)	FL	2010-DN-BX-K266	$655,779	Closed
2010	Day and Night Real Time Signature Enhanced Crime Scene Survey Camera	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC	CA	2010-DN-BX-K144	$439,518	Closed
2010	Development of a Proteomic Assay for Menstrual Blood, Vaginal Fluid and Species Identification	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2010-DN-BX-K192	$418,824	Closed
2010	Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	2010-DN-BX-K203	$632,244	Closed
2010	Digitizing Device to Capture Track Impressions	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence	Indiana University	IN	2010-DN-BX-K145	$253,120	Closed