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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.

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

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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,922
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,937,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 Quality Improvement Plan for the Monroe County (NY) Office of the Medical Examiner NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Monroe County NY 2011-CD-BX-0077 $153,460 Closed
2011 Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of South Florida FL 2011-IJ-CX-0004 $93,553 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 Raman spectroscopy of automotive and architectural pigments: in situ identification and evidentiary significance. NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Microtrace LLC IL 2011-DN-BX-K557 $242,727 Closed
2011 Rapid and selective extraction of male DNA from rape kits and other forensic evidence using pressure cycling NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2011-NE-BX-K550 $349,130 Closed
2011 Reducing DNA Evidence Backlog and Improving the Department's Ability to Identify and Collect DNA Evidence NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Lauderhill FL 2011-CD-BX-0084 $118,785 Closed
2011 Reducing State and Local Examination Overhead through Equipment, Training, and Remote Viewing Kiosks NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Joliet IL 2011-CD-BX-0087 $59,280 Closed
2011 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Application-Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department NV 2010-DN-BX-K201 $139,732 Closed
2011 Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence. NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MN 2011-DY-BX-K002 $658,348 Closed
2011 Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Forensic Services Section Equipment Request 2011 - Preparing for Accreditation NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Sarasota County Sheriff's Office FL 2011-CD-BX-0057 $61,124 Closed
2011 Seeking Quality Improvement and Increased Timeliness of Forensic Services at The City of Huntington's Police Department Forensic Investigation Unit NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Huntington, City Of WV 2011-CD-BX-0068 $113,987 Closed
2011 Separation and Identification of Drugs of Abuse Using ESI-IMS-MS NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2011-DN-BX-K531 $241,447 Closed
2011 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) training for 43 federally-recognized Indian tribes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program Oregon Attorney General''s Sexual Assault Task Force OR 2011-NE-BX-K569 $570,268 Closed
2011 SJSO Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA St. Johns County Sheriff''s Office FL 2011-DN-BX-K524 $219,723 Closed
2011 Smartphone Technology for Capturing Untreated Latent Fingerprints NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes EOIR Technologies, Inc. VA 2011-DN-BX-K536 $208,085 Closed
2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA San Bernardino County CA 2011-DN-BX-K545 $500,000 Closed
2011 Spartanburg's Digital Imaging Enhancement NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Spartanburg SC 2011-CD-BX-0078 $55,000 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 State of Alabama's FY2011 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (NFSIA) Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2011-CD-BX-0002 $289,148 Closed
2011 State of Georgia FY 2011 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council GA 2011-CD-BX-0018 $605,749 Closed
2011 State of West Virginia FY11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2011-CD-BX-0027 $166,108 Closed
2011 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Evidence: Phase II NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations City of Houston Police Department TX 2011-DN-BX-0002 $821,814 Closed
2011 Streamlining Medical Examiner's Work Processes Using a Machine-Readable Labeling System NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CA 2011-CD-BX-0065 $174,200 Closed
2011 Strenghtening Forensic Science in Grand Rapids - Improvement Plan NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Grand Rapids MI 2011-CD-BX-0090 $141,195 Closed
2011 Supplemental: Automated Human Image Detection For Law Enforcement NIJ FY 11 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery University of Rhode Island RI 2009-FD-CX-K215 $174,695 Closed