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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: Medicolegal death investigations

Number of Awards: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $176,749,932

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 Transcriptome Sequencing of Forensically Relevant Biological Fluids and Tissues to Obtimize Degradation Analysis for Sample Age Estimation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences OK 2014-DN-BX-K025 $241,352 Closed
2014 Utilization of microbial structure and function in investigations of criminal justice NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Mississippi State University MS 2014-DN-BX-K008 $843,376 Closed
2014 Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains from Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2014-DN-BX-K009 $495,853 Closed
2013 A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2013-DN-BX-K037 $226,382 Closed
2013 Citrate Content of Bone: A Potential Measure of Post Mortem Interval NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Foundation for SUNY at The College at Brockport NY 2013-DN-BX-K031 $208,491 Closed
2013 Detection of Gunshot Residue in Blowfly Larvae, Decomposing Porcine Tissue, and Porcine Bone Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2013-IJ-CX-0012 $30,000 Closed
2013 Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Markings, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Marking, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 2013-R2-CX-K004 $806,199 Closed
2013 Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Lincoln Memorial University TN 2013-DN-BX-K038 $207,624 Closed
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program -- Hamilton County (Ohio) Coroner's Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hamilton County OH 2013-DN-BX-0124 $205,637 Closed
2013 Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center NM 2013-DN-BX-K004 $498,616 Closed
2013 Latino Intimate Partner Homicide NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The Pennsylvania State University PA 2013-IJ-CX-0037 $40,000 Closed
2013 Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2013-DN-BX-K019 $197,491 Closed
2013 Statistical Methods for Combining Multivariate and Categorical Data in Postmortem Interval Estimation NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - N.O. LA 2013-DN-BX-K042 $360,053 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 Closed
2012 A Multi-Modal Method for Determining the Postmortem Interval in Juvenile Remains and Assessing Skeletal Health NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes North Carolina State University NC 2012-DN-BX-K049 $270,877 Closed
2012 Cold Case Squad and DNA Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Montgomery County Ohio OH 2012-DN-BX-K014 $242,300 Closed
2012 Detection of Designer Drugs and Potent Complex Pharmaceuticals in Death Investigations NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Miami Dade County FL 2012-CD-BX-0024 $175,000 Closed
2012 Development and Validation of a New Pediatric Head Injury Assessment Tool for Possible Child Abuse Cases Considering Subject-Specific Child Head Anatomy NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2012-DN-BX-K045 $549,859 Closed
2012 EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-K006 $431,943 Closed
2012 FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program -- Hamilton County (OHIO) Coroner's Laboratory NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hamilton County OH 2012-DN-BX-0076 $198,646 Closed
2012 Genomic tools to reduce error in PMI estimates derived from entomological evidence NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Texas A&M AgriLife Research TX 2012-DN-BX-K024 $496,661 Closed
2012 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Texas State University San Marcos TX 2011-DN-BX-K838 $417,595 Closed
2012 Human decomposition: A mosaic model for community succession and implications for future forensic research NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2012-DN-BX-K023 $304,961 Closed
2012 Improved Detection of Synthetic Cathinones ("Bath Salts")in Forensic Toxicology Samples NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2012-R2-CX-K003 $190,227 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