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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 sciences

Number of Awards: 4,818
Total Amount Awarded: $2,105,750,805

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Rapid In-Field Analysis of Illicit Substances in Unknown Powders and Aerosols Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2020-R2-CX-0036 $150,000 Closed
2020 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $555,401 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Research and Development of a Rapid Approach for Identification of Calliphoridae Species Entomological Forensic Evidence Based on DART-HRMS-derived Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2020-MU-MU-0016 $731,306 Open
2020 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $562,700 Open
2020 Selectively analyzing and interpreting DNA from multiple donors with a full Single-Cell strategy Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 2020-R2-CX-0032 $142,986 Closed
2020 Sex-Based Targeted Recovery of Cells in a Heterogeneous Mixture: Separating Male and Female Like Cells Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NY 2020-DQ-BX-0019 $153,333 Closed
2020 Skeletal Blast Trauma: determining the effect of known and experimental blast events on trauma patterns, fracture behavior, and blast scene recovery approaches Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0041 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Statistical evaluation of forensic sequencing profiles Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2020-R2-CX-0040 $107,205 Closed
2020 Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-DU-BX-4228 $87,206 Closed
2020 Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MA 2020-R2-CX-0047 $519,893 Open
2020 Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation (Subaward to grant 2020-R2-CX-0047) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0005 $27,287 Closed
2020 Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 JENSEN HUGHES, INC. MD 2020-DQ-BX-0029 $270,000 Closed
2020 Utilizing eDNA from Four Biological Taxa Associated with Geologic Evidence for Sample-to-Sample Comparisons and Study Site Separation Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 2020-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Closed
2020 Validation of a LC-DAD-ESI/MS/MS method for the accurate measurement of THC and THCA-A among twenty cannabinoids in various products of Cannabis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2020-DQ-BX-0021 $160,181 Closed
2020 Wastewater Epidemiology To Examine Stimulant Trends (weTEST) Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE KY 2020-R2-CX-0013 $862,567 Past Project Period End Date
2019 A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 HARRIS COUNTY TX 2019-DU-BX-0022 $20,685 Closed
2019 A Multifactorial Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Hispanics Using Cranial and Dental Data Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-R2-CX-0050 $150,000 Closed
2019 A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DC 2017-R2-CX-0007 $49,950 Closed
2019 A Quantitative Understanding of Uniqueness and Reproducibility of Firearm Toolmark Surfaces Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0009 $458,108 Closed
2019 A Study of Trauma and Resiliency Among Forensic Examiners Investigating Child Pornography Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2019-R2-CX-0034 $886,821 Closed
2019 Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 George Mason University VA 2019-DU-BX-0011 $495,056 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2019 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ FY19 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $5,500,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Application of Particle-Correlated Raman Spectroscopy for the Forensic Examination of Soils Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN, INCORPORATED CT 2019-DU-BX-0017 $686,336 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0017 $443,931 Closed