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: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $48,855,019

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	In search of: Police responses to those experiencing homelessness	Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness, Fiscal Year 2021	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	15PNIJ-21-GG-02709-RESS	$1,457,606	Open
2020	FileTSAR+ An Elastic Network Forensic Toolkit for Law Enforcement	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2020-DQ-BX-0008	$400,973	Past Project Period End Date
2019	AI Enabled Community Supervision for Criminal Justice Services	Artificial Intelligence Research and Development to Support Community Supervision, FY 2019	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2019-75-CX-K001	$1,999,778	Open
2019	Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2019	Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0001	$47,131	Closed
2019	Development of Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2019-R2-CX-0069	$823,804	Open
2019	Resource Facilitation: A promising initiative shown to decrease recidivism in exiting offenders with traumatic brain injury	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019	RHI FOUNDATION INC	IN	2019-R2-CX-0030	$792,751	Open
2018	Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$50,000	Closed
2018	Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development	NIJ FY18 Continuations	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2018	Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY18 Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2016-DN-BX-0007	$47,896	Closed
2018	Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-75-CX-0034	$445,244	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Ensuring standards and enhancing the field of predictive biometrics using a globally-diverse genotype-phenotype database	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-DU-BX-0219	$651,242	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Identification of Drugs in Powders, Tablets, Liquids, and Plant Material Via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME)	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-75-CX-0035	$96,469	Closed
2018	IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-R2-CX-0015	$150,000	Closed
2018	Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties	NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-R2-CX-0023	$77,768	Closed
2018	Nanostructural Characterization of Ballistic Fiber Degradation	NIJ FY18 Continuations	Purdue University	IN	2016-R2-CX-0011	$49,508	Closed
2018	Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2018-DU-BX-0215	$642,979	Closed
2018	Validating Conclusion Scales in the Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-DU-BX-0212	$249,206	Closed
2017	An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA.	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2015-R2-CX-0023	$39,569	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	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	Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	PURDUE UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-R2-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2017	Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2016-DN-BX-0007	$48,666	Closed
2017	Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-DN-BX-0172	$229,923	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Nanostructural Characterization of Ballistic Fiber Degradation	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Purdue University	IN	2016-R2-CX-0011	$49,925	Closed