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: 2,248
Total Amount Awarded: $771,593,149

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008	$500,000	Open
2022	Species Identification in Forensic Casework using Proteomics	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03566-SLFO	$498,963	Open
2022	Touch DNA in Activity-Level Propositions: A Bullpen of Events to Inform Alternate Prosecution and Defense Scenarios	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04425-DNAX	$272,533	Open
2021	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
2021	Advanced Microfluidic Technology for Automated, Rapid, and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-04176-COAP	$327,558	Open
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	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open
2021	Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO	$988,559	Open
2021	Data fusion from infrared elemental, MSP and Raman analysis techniques to the maximization of the efficiency of the analytical sequence for the forensic examination of paint evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04163-RESS	$338,823	Open
2021	Deep Learning to Enhance Investigative Lead Information for Automotive Clear Coats	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	OK	15PNIJ-21-GG-04182-RESS	$196,373	Open
2021	Detection and identification of hair dyes directly at a crime scene by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04169-RESS	$368,745	Open
2021	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	Past Project Period End Date
2021	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2021	Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO	$349,970	Open
2021	NIJ Co-funding for the NSF Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS)	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021	National Science Foundation		DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0002	$160,720	Open
2021	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
2021	Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO	$240,594	Open
2021	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
2021	Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004	$475,000	Open
2021	Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008	$25,000	Open
2020	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	Past Project Period End Date
2020	A Virtual Anthropological Approach to the Study of Commingled Human Remains	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2020-R2-CX-0025	$138,704	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis Samples for Forensic Laboratories	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0009	$350,000	Closed
2020	An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PA	2020-DQ-BX-0004	$205,963	Closed
2020	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	Closed
2020	Development of an Open Source Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) Search Software and Library Building Tool for the Analysis of Complex Drug Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0012	$198,290	Closed