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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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Subtopic: Evidence analysis and processing

Number of Awards: 2,370
Total Amount Awarded: $870,188,216

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 Westchester County DNA Cold Case Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Westchester NY 2005-DN-BX-K004 $64,929 Closed
2005 Western Forensic and Law Enforcement Training (WFLETC) Casework Support & Training. NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center CO 2003-DD-BX-K013 $98,664 Closed
2005 Whitley County Coroner's Office Strive for Professionalism--Equipped to Serve Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Whitley County IN 2005-DN-BX-0095 $60,068 Closed
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 Closed
2004 A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE MODALITIES FOR PROVIDING DNA TRAINING FOR THE NATION'S PROSECUTORS National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology National District Attorneys Association VA 2004-DN-BX-K017 $400,000 Closed
2004 Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Forensic Science: Analysis of Glass Samples General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers University of Central Florida FL 2004-IJ-CX-K031 $210,728 Closed
2004 Bayesian Networks in Forensic Science:
n Evolutionary Perspective 		Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall North Carolina State University NC 2004-DN-BX-K006 $20,000 Closed
2004 Development of an automated system to detect spermatozoa on laboratory slides to increase productivity in the analysis of sexual assault cases Forensic DNA Research & Development Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2004-DN-BX-K003 $214,629 Closed
2004 Development of Statistical Methods for Estimating a Minimum Postmortem Interval: an evaluation using insect growth data National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2002-LT-BX-4001 $101,467 Closed
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Indiana State Police IN 2004-DN-BX-K123 $446,904 Closed
2004 Evaluation and Application of Polynomial Texture Mapping (PTM) For Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence Comparisons General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers California Department of Justice CA 2004-IJ-CX-K008 $128,802 Closed
2004 Field test of current technology used in the identification of unidentified remains. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K214 $249,902 Closed
2004 Forensic Glass Analysis by LA-ICP-MS: Assessing the Feasibility of Correlating Windshield Composition and Supplier General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers Sacramento County CA 2004-IJ-CX-K007 $36,053 Closed
2004 Forensic Science Initiative (FY04) National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K003 $3,957,910 Closed
2004 Forensic Stain Identification By RT-PCR Analysis Forensic DNA Research & Development Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2004-DN-BX-K002 $240,404 Closed
2004 Generating More Precise Post Mortem Interval Estimates With Entomological Evidence: Reliable Patterns of Gene Expression Throughout Calliphorid Larval and Pupal Development Forensic DNA Research & Development Michigan State University MI 2004-DN-BX-K005 $185,001 Closed
2004 Improvement of Forensic Dental Identification Services in the Office of the Medical Examiner, Greenville, SC PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Greenville County Medical Examiner SC 2004-DN-BX-0208 $35,233 Closed
2004 John Doe Indictment Project National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology New York City NY 2004-RC-CX-K014 $347,725 Closed
2004 Laser Microdissection Separation of Pure Spermatozoa Populations from Mixed Cell Samples for Forensic DNA Analysis Forensic DNA Research & Development Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine And Science IL 2004-DN-BX-K215 $449,829 Closed
2004 Microfabricated Capillary Array Electrophoresis Genetic Analyzers for Forensic Short Tanden Repeat DNA Profiling Forensic DNA Research & Development Regents of The University of California CA 2004-DN-BX-K216 $821,623 Closed
2004 mtDNA Reference Database for the Domestic Dog Forensic DNA Research & Development The George Washington University DC 2004-DN-BX-K004 $243,144 Closed
2004 Nanotechnology DNA Sequencing:
Improving DNA processing technologies 		National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Brown University RI 2004-LT-BX-K001 $445,265 Closed
2004 Population Genetics of SNPs for Forensic Purposes Forensic DNA Research & Development Yale University CT 2004-DN-BX-K025 $824,540 Closed
2004 Proposal to improve the quality, timeliness, and criminal justice system use of forensic science evidence and specimens in Fulton County, Georgia PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Fulton County Medical Examiner GA 2004-DN-BX-0184 $80,233 No Award
2004 Proposal to improve the quality, timeliness, and criminaljustice system's use of forensic science evidence and specimens in Fulton County, Georgia Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Fulton County Medical Examiner GA 2004-DN-BX-4184 $80,233 Closed