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.

Showing Results For:

Number of Awards: 81
Total Amount Awarded: $39,256,866

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2018	The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0180	$726,629	Closed
2018	Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2018-DU-BX-0181	$354,751	Closed
2019	Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0019	$212,738	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners	Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2019-75-CX-0015	$114,540	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2010-DN-BX-K029	$506,527	Closed
2013	FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - State of Tennessee	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2013-DN-BX-0113	$2,351,154	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2010-DN-BX-K098	$2,069,661	Closed
2014	State of Tennessee - FFY 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant - Formula and Competitive	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2014-CD-BX-0058	$145,479	Closed
2009	Tennessee's Activities Under The Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY 09-10	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2009-CD-BX-0017	$323,941	Closed
2008	Improving Sex Estimation from Craian Using 3-Dimensional CT Scans	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	The University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K182	$171,215	Closed
2008	Improving Facial Reproduction Using Empericial Modeling	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K183	$107,099	Closed
2008	ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE WILLIAM BASS DONATED SKELETAL COLLECTION AND OTHER MODERN DONATED COLLECTIONS	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	Unversity of Tennesse	TN	2008-DN-BX-K193	$237,750	Closed
2005	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant (FY 2005 Base Funds), National Institute of Justice, 8/1/2005-7/31/2006	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	State of Tennessee	TN	2005-DN-BX-0015	$191,389	Closed
2009	Post Coital DNA Recovery	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	The University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-0023	$763,428	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-K077	$465,570	Closed
2013	A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2013-DN-BX-K037	$226,382	Closed
2009	National DNA Training Initiative	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-K191	$647,802	Closed
2009	Forensic Science Training and Development and Delivery Program: Forensic Crime Scene Investigation Web-Based	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Institute of Public Service	TN	2009-DN-BX-K190	$775,226	Closed
2010	Developing Methods to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K202	$258,816	Closed
2012	The State of Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act for Federal Fiscal Year 2012.	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2012-CD-BX-0010	$146,546	Closed
2011	Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Federal Fiscal Year 2011.	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2011-CD-BX-0031	$387,481	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Tennessee Bureau of Investigations	TN	2012-DN-BX-0106	$2,190,753	Closed
2010	Knox County Forensics Enhancement Program	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Knox County Sheriff''s Office	TN	2010-CD-BX-0084	$174,828	Closed
2010	Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Fiscal Year 2010.	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Tennessee	TN	2010-CD-BX-0014	$464,491	Closed
2010	Evaluating the Use of DNA and RNA Degradation for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K228	$167,414	Closed