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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.
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State: NM

Number of Awards: 60
Total Amount Awarded: $20,556,571

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE NM 15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO $320,732 Open
2021 Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE NM 15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO $532,833 Open
2017 Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 2017-DN-BX-0145 $598,632 Closed
2016 Effective Methods To Assess Exposure To Violence And Victimization Among American Indian And Alaska Native Youth: Phases 3 and 4 Non-solicited Applications American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $367,798 Closed
2016 Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 2016-DN-BX-K002 $619,325 Closed
2016 Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE NM 2016-DN-BX-0144 $702,654 Closed
2016 Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 2016-DN-BX-0173 $714,891 Open
2016 Rapid Extraction of Sperm from Sexual Assault Kits Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Applied Research Associates, Inc. NM 2016-DN-BX-0161 $209,408 Closed
2015 Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Phase II NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $536,941 Closed
2015 FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Second Competitive Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2015-CD-BX-0072 $224,835 Closed
2015 Statewide NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2015-DN-BX-0117 $720,453 Closed
2014 Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth NIJ FY 14 Methodological Research to Support NIJ's Program of Research Examining Violence and Victimization of American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) Youth American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $421,104 Closed
2014 New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2014-CD-BX-0004 $63,029 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2014-DY-BX-K005 $620,269 Closed
2013 FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - New Mexico Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2013-DN-BX-0064 $748,252 Closed
2013 Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center NM 2013-DN-BX-K004 $498,616 Closed
2013 New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program Grant NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2013-CD-BX-0034 $58,186 Closed
2012 FY 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - New Mexico Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2012-DN-BX-0058 $702,235 Closed
2012 Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center NM 2012-DN-BX-K019 $574,868 Closed
2012 New Mexico Department of Public Safety - NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2012-CD-BX-0036 $63,517 Closed
2011 FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2011-DN-BX-K464 $808,675 Closed
2011 NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of New Mexico NM 2011-CD-BX-0021 $166,108 Closed
2010 2010 Paul Coverdell FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2010-CD-BX-0053 $323,259 Closed
2010 FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - NM Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program State of New Mexico NM 2010-DN-BX-K063 $410,730 Closed
2010 FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Albuquerque Police Department NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Albuquerque NM 2010-DN-BX-K107 $182,756 Closed