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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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Subtopic: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 2,574
Total Amount Awarded: $1,347,507,130

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2000 National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2000-RC-CX-K001 $414,651 Closed
2022 Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures NOBLIS, INC. VA 2020-R2-CX-0049 $132,817 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent STONEY FORENSIC, INC VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS $640,293 Open
2021 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $3,341,165 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories NEW YORK, CITY OF NY 2018-DU-BX-0166 $390,646 Closed
2018 Population distribution and factors affecting individual DNA shedding propensity NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2018-DU-BX-0203 $332,893 Closed
2018 Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2018-DU-BX-0177 $694,525 Closed
2018 A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NY 2018-DU-BX-0202 $431,917 Closed
2018 Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-NE-BX-0001 $600,704 Closed
2018 DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Capillary Electrophoresis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OK 2018-DU-BX-0205 $477,609 Closed
2018 Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MIT Lincoln Laboratory MA 2018-DU-BX-0192 $649,938 Closed
2018 Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-DU-BX-0226 $171,041 Closed
2018 Resolving the Forensic DNA Mixture Problem through the Development of End-to-End Single-Cell Pipelines NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY NJ 2018-DU-BX-0185 $546,727 Closed
2018 Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2018-MU-MU-0013 $462,091 Closed
2018 Better Forensic Markers: Microhaplotypes and Ancestry SNPs NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2018-75-CX-0041 $1,083,499 Closed
2018 Testing new methods for degraded DNA recovery and next-generation sequencing NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2018-DU-BX-0218 $669,898 Closed
2018 Exploration of RNA degradation in dried body fluid stains as a means of estimating the age of the samples NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY OK 2018-DU-BX-0206 $487,647 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Development of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear STR and SNP Markers NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND CA 2018-DU-BX-0183 $696,362 Past Project Period End Date
2018 DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing for Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2018-DU-BX-0179 $634,973 Past Project Period End Date
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 Closed
2018 Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MIT Lincoln Laboratory DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-1 $649,938 Closed
2018 Establishing a National Firearms and Toolmark Statistical Background Population for Calculation of Error Rates NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2016-DNR-6257-3 $550,615 Open
2019 A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 HARRIS COUNTY TX 2019-DU-BX-0022 $20,685 Closed
2019 Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2019-DU-BX-0044 $783,744 Open
2019 Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0017 $443,931 Closed