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Awards Listing

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.

As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects; forensic laboratory enhancement activities; and fellowship programs.

You may browse the table below and use filter options to view awards by award status, State, fiscal year, awardee name, city or perform a keyword search.

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Number of Awards: 125
Total Amount Awarded: $50,021,588

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	DNA Backlog Reduction	DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019	Indiana State Police	IN	2019-DN-BX-0015	$926,087	Open
2019	FY19 - Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Indianapolis Marion County Forensic Services Agency	DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019	Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	IN	2019-DN-BX-0079	$498,663	Open
2019	FY19 Coverdell	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA, FY 2019	Indiana Criminal Justice Institute	IN	2019-CD-BX-0019	$383,073	Open
2019	Marion County Coroner's Office Accreditation	Strengthening the Medical Examiner - Coroner System Program, FY 2019	County of Marion	IN	2019-AR-BX-0002	$61,712	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	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	FWPD Electronic Forensics Laboratory Improvement Project 2018	NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- COMPETITIVE	CITY OF FORT WAYNE	IN	2018-CD-BX-0059	$144,347	Open
2018	FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)	Indiana State Police	IN	2018-DN-BX-0100	$913,153	Open
2018	FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)	Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency	IN	2018-DN-BX-0107	$536,297	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	Open
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	Open
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	IN	2018-DU-BX-0215	$642,979	Open
2018	State of Indiana's FY18 Coverdell Project	NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA	Indiana Criminal Justice Institute	IN	2018-CD-BX-0035	$395,406	Open
2018	Strengthening the Marion County Coroner's Office: Forensic Pathology Fellowship	NIJ FY18 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program	County of Marion	IN	2018-DU-BX-0160	$75,358	Open
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	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	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$40,780	Open
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	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	DNA Infrastructure	NIJ FY17 Forensic DNA Laboratory Efficiency Improvement and Capacity Enhancement Program	Indiana State Police	IN	2017-DN-BX-0182	$239,502	Open
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	Open
2017	FY 2017 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)	NIJ FY17 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)	Indiana State Police	IN	2017-DN-BX-0063	$819,215	Open