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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Number of Awards: 2,575
Total Amount Awarded: $1,348,165,038

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	WI	2015-DY-BX-K006	$633,170	Closed
2015	An automated dielectrophoretic-based single cell separation technique to improve laboratory efficiency, mixture deconvolution and combat sample inhibition	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Syracuse University	NY	2015-NE-BX-K002	$155,189	Closed
2015	An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe.	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-R2-CX-0023	$37,788	Closed
2015	Analyzing evidential material associated with criminal investigations for the City of Oakland, California	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Oakland - Oakland Police Department	CA	2015-DN-BX-0106	$474,282	Closed
2015	Assessing the Effects of DNA Damage on Next Generation mtDNA Sequencing	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK	PA	2015-DN-BX-K025	$654,662	Closed
2015	Automation of Differential Extraction with Sperm Quantitation usingMicrofluidic-Integrated Shadow Imaging System for Forensic Applications	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University	CA	2015-DN-BX-K037	$614,499	Closed
2015	Boston Police Department-DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Boston	MA	2015-DN-BX-0099	$283,811	Closed
2015	Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants	NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of Central Florida	FL	2013-DN-BX-K025	$188,198	Closed
2015	Coverdell 15 NIJ	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Long Beach	CA	2015-CD-BX-0073	$50,011	Closed
2015	Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2015-R2-CX-0040	$39,999	Closed
2015	Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	2015-IJ-CX-K014	$639,450	Closed
2015	Development of a Comprehensive Genetic Tool for Identification of Cannabis Sativa Samples for Forensic and Intelligence Purposes	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0030	$46,008	Closed
2015	Development of a Self-sustaining, Open Access Forensic STR Sequence Diversity Database	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NC State University	NC	2015-DN-BX-K062	$945,746	Closed
2015	Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2015-DN-BX-K068	$719,633	Closed
2015	Development of SERS-active forensic evidence swabs for rapid, non-destructive confirmatory serological screening and STR typing of human bodily fluids	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Western Carolina University	NC	2015-NE-BX-K003	$346,740	Closed
2015	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2015	DNA Backlog Reduction and Capacity Enhancement FY15	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Montgomery County	OH	2015-DN-BX-0109	$212,261	Closed
2015	DNA Capacity and Backlog	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2015-DN-BX-0118	$1,450,000	Closed
2015	DNA Capacity Enhancement	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc	TX	2015-DN-BX-0072	$1,172,752	Closed
2015	DNA Capacity Enhancement & Backlog Reduction Program - St. Charles County	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	St. Charles County	MO	2015-DN-BX-0035	$76,500	Closed
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	Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples.	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0034	$50,000	Open
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