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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Arson

Number of Awards: 46
Total Amount Awarded: $21,127,983

Funded Awards
FY 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 Open
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 Past Project Period End Date
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