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: 1,279
Total Amount Awarded: $684,383,697

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	A Strengths and Needs Assessment of Tohono Oodham Community Colleges Response to Gender-Based Violence and Victimization	Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02809-RESS	$149,610	Open
2022	A Universal Method for the Detection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residue based on Fast Fluorescence Mapping and Raman Spectroscopic Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04153-RESS	$632,138	Open
2022	Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002	$463,932	Open
2022	Advancing the Understanding of 3D Imaging for Firearms Identification	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, INC.	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02714-MUMU	$303,471	Open
2022	Applied Research in the Characterization, Identification, and Comparison of Pigmented Fiber Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04185-RESS	$107,541	Open
2022	Assessment of the Added Value of New Quantitative Methodologies for the Analysis of Surface Soils in Forensic Soil Comparisons	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02711-SLFO	$451,621	Open
2022	Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003	$1,450,809	Open
2022	Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP	$327,405	Open
2022	Forensic STR Sequencing Nomenclature Resource	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0004	$541,034	Open
2022	FY 2021 MDSP - Expanding Targeted Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Capabilities for Controlled Substance Analysis	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	STATE POLICE, MARYLAND	MD	15PNIJ-21-GG-02713-COAP	$96,741	Open
2022	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
2022	Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials: A Multi-Method, Multi-Informant National Study	Research to Reduce Trauma for Child Pornography Victims, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	15PNIJ-21-GG-02983-MUMU	$1,491,313	Open
2022	Physics and Mathematical Models for Error Quantifications in Comparative 3D Microscopy for Physical Match Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04141-RESS	$742,590	Open
2022	Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS	$713,519	Open
2022	Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO	$377,311	Open
2022	Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS	$600,984	Open
2022	Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS	$837,477	Open
2022	Validation of a Confirmatory Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Body Fluid Assay for Use in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NEW YORK, CITY OF	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-02712-SLFO	$105,592	Open
2021	2020 OVK Tribal-Research Capacity Building Grant	Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2020	ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE	AK	2020-R2-CX-0039	$99,637	Past Project Period End Date
2021	3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	MA	2020-DQ-BX-0006	$361,656	Open
2021	A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners' Conclusions	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	NOBLIS, INC.	VA	2020-DQ-BX-0026	$720,610	Open
2021	A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2020-DQ-BX-0027	$436,934	Open
2021	An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2020-DQ-BX-0024	$466,886	Open
2021	An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	2020-DQ-BX-0004	$205,963	Open
2021	Analysis of Small Particles Adhering to the Edges of Duct Tape as a Means to Make Associations in a Way that is Independent of Manufactured Characteristics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	STONEY FORENSIC, INC.	VA	2020-MU-CX-0018	$871,366	Open