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: 2,251
Total Amount Awarded: $772,139,027

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	A Dental Anthropological Databank for Use in the Statistical Estimation of Ancestry and Sex in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	2017-DN-BX-0143	$422,514	Closed
2017	A highly sensitive magnetic nanoparticle based method for reliable and efficient screening of forensic evidence samples	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	INNOGENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.	LA	2017-NE-BX-0007	$350,656	Closed
2017	A Low-Cost Isothermal Amplification Microdevice for Rapid Colorimetric Detection Applied to Body Fluid Identification and Y-screening	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia	VA	2017-NE-BX-0008	$387,106	Closed
2017	A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	2017-R2-CX-0002	$49,994	Closed
2017	A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	DC	2017-R2-CX-0007	$50,000	Closed
2017	Application of Raman and Infrared Microscopy for the Forensic Examination of Automotive Clear Coats and Paint Smears	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	OK	2017-IJ-CX-0022	$484,163	Closed
2017	Assessing automated image analysis and stable isotope signatures for small arms propellant differentiation and brand identification	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PA	2017-MU-CX-0043	$404,510	Closed
2017	Bioinformatic Analaysis of Big Proteomic Data: A New Forensic Tool to Identify Menstrual Blood & Body Fluid Mixtures	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NEW YORK, CITY OF	NY	2017-NE-BX-0003	$667,774	Closed
2017	Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2017-DN-BX-0158	$599,878	Closed
2017	Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$40,780	Closed
2017	Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS-derived Dark Matter for the Identification of New Psychoactive Substances	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2017-R2-CX-0020	$558,282	Closed
2017	City of Miami Police FY 2017 SAFE-ITR Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project	NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR)	City of Miami	FL	2017-AK-BX-0013	$264,263	Open
2017	Combined Extraction Method for Mitochondrial DNA and Proteins from Hair for Human Identification	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Battelle Memorial Institute	OH	2017-DN-BX-0159	$398,546	Closed
2017	Coupling Gas Chromatography (GC) and Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0018	$370,180	Closed
2017	Coupling Raman Spectroscopy with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry for On-site, High-Throughput Evidence Confirmation on a Single Instrumental Platform	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2017-R2-CX-0022	$298,100	Closed
2017	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	OH	2017-DN-BX-0168	$975,401	Closed
2017	Deep Learning and Its Application to Forensic Data	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of U. at Buffalo	NY	2017-MU-CX-0010	$44,348	Closed
2017	Determination of Key Factors in Particle Combination Analysis to Enable Systematic Improvement, Optimization and Transition to Practice	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	STONEY FORENSIC, INC.	VA	2017-IJ-CX-0030	$951,264	Closed
2017	Developing SPLiT-Seq: A Massively Parallel Sequencing Method to Remove PCR Artifacts for Forensic STR Genotyping	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2017-DN-BX-0160	$509,728	Closed
2017	Development and Application of Small-molecule Spatial Distribution Imaging: Laser Ablation Direct Analysis in Real Time Imaging-Mass Spectrometry (LADI-MS)	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The State University of New York, University at Albany	NY	2017-R2-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0023	$496,976	Closed
2017	Development of a Forensic Quality Mitogenome Haplotype Database from 5000 High Quality Samples Using Next-Generation Sequencing Methods	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory		DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0219	$469,083	Open
2017	Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2017-DN-BX-0134	$556,910	Closed
2017	Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0004	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development of Matrix Matched Quality Control Materials and Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of Marijuana Infused Products and their Application to Edible Testing	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	2017-R2-CX-0029	$215,830	Closed