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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.

Fiscal year 2021 Awards

NIJ grantees will be notified through the JustGrants system when they have received an award. All grants not awarded by September 30th will be made as soon as possible on a rolling basis and no later than December 31, 2021. Applicants not receiving a FY 2021 award, for which they competitively applied, will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than the calendar year-end. Please continue to visit the NIJ website for updates on NIJ grant awards. NIJ will update the list below as they are released.

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State: IN

Number of Awards: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $48,855,019

Funded Awards
FY 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 Open
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 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 IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $50,000 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $40,780 Open
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 $50,000 Past Project Period End Date
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 $47,131 Open
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 Open
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