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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: Digital evidence forensics

Number of Awards: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $52,268,688

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Forensic Digital Image Management Improvement Project NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2007-CD-BX-0016 $15,660 Closed
2006 Internet Forensics Toolkit for Law Enforcement NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2006-IJ-CX-K036 $40,000 Closed
2013 Forensic Computer Enhancement NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Charleston SC 2013-CD-BX-0069 $46,000 Closed
2016 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2006 Digital Image and Video Forensics NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Polytechnic University NY 2005-IJ-CX-K103 $49,984 Closed
2008 USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2007-DN-BX-K021 $49,986 Closed
2016 Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-R2-CX-0013 $50,000 Closed
2017 Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0001 $50,000 Closed
2015 Acquisition of new equipment for Digital Forensics Lab NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Saco ME 2015-CD-BX-0019 $57,217 Closed
2023 Audio Deepfake Detection for Forensics and Security NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01933-RESS $64,003 Open
2004 This project is to determine the status and needs of the forensic digital audio/video communities. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $67,616 Closed
2007 Trait Analytic Program Search (TAPS) NIJ FY 07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2007-DN-BX-K187 $68,000 Closed
2014 Coverdale Fort Wayne Police Department Digital Forensic Lab Quality Improvement and Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Wayne IN 2014-CD-BX-0072 $68,500 Closed
2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant FY 2015- Utah Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Utah Department of Public Safety UT 2015-CD-BX-0024 $69,326 Closed
2015 Rapid Forensic Acquisition of Large Media with Sifting Collectors NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Vesaria LLC d/b/a Grier Forensics NJ 2014-IJ-CX-K001 $71,966 Closed
2006 In-Car Video Technical Support NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Institute For Forensic Imaging Foundation IN 2006-IJ-CX-K003 $74,640 Closed
2006 Support of Forensic Analysis of Computers and other Digital Media NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation County of Fairfax VA 2006-DN-BX-0034 $94,435 Closed
2007 Utah State and Local Forensic Digital Evidence Examination Review Net System NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Utah Department of Public Safety UT 2007-CD-BX-0008 $96,594 Closed
2010 Cyber Crimes Investigation Training Initiative NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System AR 2010-DD-BX-K113 $100,000 Closed
2008 Continuation of Automated Human Image Detection and Authentication. NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of Rhode Island RI 2006-DN-BX-K023 $100,000 Closed
2008 Digital Forensics Analysis Search String Support NIJ FY 08 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals University of Rhode Island RI 2008-CE-CX-K001 $104,049 Closed
1998 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Forensic DNA Program for Connecticut: PCR Technologies University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $114,977 Closed
2015 Accelerating Digital Evidence Analysis Using Recent Advances In Parallel Processing NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2014-IJ-CX-K102 $119,345 Closed
2009 Digital Forensics Analysis Search String Support Continuation NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals University of Rhode Island RI 2008-CE-CX-K001 $119,995 Closed
2009 Automated Steganography Detection For Law Enforcement Continuation NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals University of Rhode Island RI 2009-FD-CX-K214 $119,995 Closed