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: 46
Total Amount Awarded: $21,127,983

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Improving Fire Pattern Analysis Using Non-Invasive Sensor Technologies	NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	JENSEN HUGHES INC	MD	15PNIJ-24-GG-03845-RESS	$630,560	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024	Improving the Data Interpretation Process in Forensic Fire Debris Analysis	NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-24-GG-03847-NIJB	$179,968	Open
2023	Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS	$262,678	Open
2023	Experimental and numerical investigations for the development and validation of thermo-chemistry models and property databases for selected wall lining materials under fire exposure	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	KY	15PNIJ-23-GG-04204-RESS	$290,289	Open
2022	Enhanced Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Database Functionality for Improved Casework and Research.	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO	$289,496	Open
2022	FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO	$141,921	Open
2022	Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO	$1,087,985	Open
2022	Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns in Support of Developing Data-driven Tools for Pattern Analysis	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-22-GG-04442-RESS	$531,257	Open
2020	Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation (Subaward to grant 2020-R2-CX-0047)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0005	$27,287	Closed
2019	Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2019-DU-BX-0016	$321,025	Closed
2019	Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	2019-DU-BX-0018	$583,545	Closed
2019	Extraction of Ignitable Liquid Residues by Dynamic Capillary Headspace Sampling and Comparison to the Carbon Strip Method	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0007	$99,865	Closed
2018	A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	2018-DU-BX-0174	$176,490	Closed
2018	Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2018-MU-BX-0004	$635,430	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE	TX	2018-R2-CX-0032	$487,386	Closed
2018	Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	2018-DU-BX-0225	$466,769	Closed
2018	Post-Blast Explosives Attribution	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	MA	2018-DU-BX-0193	$599,738	Declined
2017	Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0023	$496,976	Closed
2017	Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2017-DN-BX-0172	$229,923	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	2017-DN-BX-0163	$570,790	Closed
2017	Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE	NC	2017-R2-CX-0009	$46,094	Closed
2016	Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2016-DN-BX-0185	$548,877	Closed
2016	Lightweight Impact-Resistant and Flame-Retardant Materials: Lessons from Biology	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2016-R2-CX-0015	$48,391	Closed
2016	Personal Telemetry Using Wireless Body Area Networks	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Regents of the University of California, Irvine	CA	2016-R2-CX-0014	$47,783	Closed
2015	Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Underwriters Laboratories Inc.	IL	2015-DN-BX-K052	$999,081	Closed