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: 2,604
Total Amount Awarded: $1,357,858,142

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2016-DN-BX-0010	$50,000	Past Project Period End Date
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	Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Applied Research Associates, Inc.	NM	2016-DN-BX-0161	$209,408	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
2015	2015 Coverdell Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Texas	TX	2015-CD-BX-0007	$632,066	Closed
2015	2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Broward Sheriff's Office	FL	2015-DN-BX-0092	$456,832	Closed
2015	2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Allegheny County Pennsylvania	PA	2015-DN-BX-0110	$271,948	Closed
2015	2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Vermont Department of Public Safety	VT	2015-DN-BX-0029	$150,000	Closed
2015	2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Forensic Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of San Mateo	CA	2015-DN-BX-0080	$166,034	Closed
2015	2015 Montgomery County, MD FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Montgomery County	MD	2015-DN-BX-0007	$101,010	Closed
2015	2015 NIJ DNA Backlog Reduction	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of Washoe	NV	2015-DN-BX-0097	$350,000	Closed
2015	2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts	NC	2015-DY-BX-K001	$565,639	Closed
2015	2015 SLED DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	South Carolina Law Enforcement Division	SC	2015-DN-BX-0045	$934,421	Closed
2015	A PLan for the State of Wisconsin to reduce DNA backlogs-Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Laboratory Bureau	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Wisconsin Department of Justice	WI	2015-DN-BX-0081	$899,637	Closed
2015	A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UChicago Argonne, LLC	IL	2015-DN-BX-K030	$564,735	Closed