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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: Forensic biology

Number of Awards: 364
Total Amount Awarded: $172,946,022

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2015-DN-BX-0108 $1,275,624 Closed
2015 DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0012 $49,994 Closed
2015 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $45,863 Closed
2015 Enhancement of the Forensic Biology Lab of the York County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of York SC 2015-DN-BX-0100 $100,000 Closed
2015 Enhancing Mixture Interpretation with Highly Informative STRs NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K067 $585,415 Closed
2015 Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through High Throughout Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K017 $712,168 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Efficiency of the Use of the Qiagen® QIAsymphony® with High Throughput Y-screening as an Alternative to Conventional Serology NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2015-R2-CX-K039 $154,577 Closed
2015 Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification from Bullet Cartridge Cases NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation PA 2015-DN-BX-K059 $494,630 Open
2015 Front End Separation of Compromised Blood Mixtures for Single Source DNA Profiling NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2015-DN-BX-K024 $295,236 Closed
2015 Further Development of Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation: Method Advancement and Validation NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2015-R2-CX-0019 $42,520 Closed
2015 FY 2015 Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction - Virginia DFS NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2015-DN-BX-0046 $913,390 Closed
2015 FY 2015 City of Phoenix Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program. NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Phoenix Police Department AZ 2015-DN-BX-0122 $451,749 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Grant - San Francisco NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City And County of San Francisco CA 2015-DN-BX-0002 $419,630 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Monroe County Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Monroe County NY 2015-DN-BX-0089 $345,144 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of San Bernardino CA 2015-DN-BX-0020 $478,327 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Grant NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program North Dakota ND 2015-DN-BX-0071 $150,000 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Austin NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Austin TX 2015-DN-BX-0065 $196,262 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Mesa Forensic Services NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Mesa an Arizona Municipal Corporation AZ 2015-DN-BX-0036 $133,782 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Indiana State Police NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Indiana State Police IN 2015-DN-BX-0030 $728,110 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2015-DN-BX-0112 $598,279 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Maryland State Police NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Maryland State Police MD 2015-DN-BX-0031 $353,218 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2015-DN-BX-0051 $974,669 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - New Hampshire Department of Safety NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program New Hampshire Dept. of Safety NH 2015-DN-BX-0114 $160,583 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Onondaga County NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Onondaga, County of NY 2015-DN-BX-0006 $190,222 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Washington, DC Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2015-DN-BX-0028 $437,802 Closed