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: 52
Total Amount Awarded: $19,931,808

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO	$395,516	Open
2022	Expanding and validating microbiome database for estimating the postmortem interval	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	15PNIJ-22-GG-04402-MUMU	$834,503	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	Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	MA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO	$139,905	Open
2019	Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0027	$286,468	Closed
2019	Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2019-DU-BX-0025	$808,296	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Nanobiosensor Arrays for On-Site Multiplexed Detection of Protein Markers to Identify Forensically Relevant Body Fluids	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	CA	2019-NE-BX-0006	$600,544	Open
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	Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2018-R2-CX-0018	$150,000	Closed
2018	Evaluation of Terrestrial and Aerial Remote Sensing with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for Forensic Crime-Scene Reconstruction	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Kansas State University	KS	2018-R2-CX-0031	$91,416	Closed
2018	Multi-spectral Tunable Detection (MultiTuDe) Lens for Rapid In-situ Forensic Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC	CA	2018-75-CX-0042	$271,226	Closed
2017	A highly sensitive magnetic nanoparticle based method for reliable and efficient screening of forensic evidence samples	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	INNOGENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.	LA	2017-NE-BX-0007	$350,656	Closed
2016	Analyzing the Impact of Virtual Reality and 3D Capture Technology on Crime Scene Investigation	Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	WI	2016-IJ-CX-0017	$265,103	Closed
2016	Development of a Quantifiable Confirmatory Test to Detect Fly Artifacts Contaminating Bloodstain Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Loyola University Maryland	MD	2016-DN-BX-0181	$154,521	Closed
2016	Implications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanned Images for the Criminal Justice System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Tennessee	TN	2016-DN-BX-0177	$160,300	Closed
2016	Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY	GA	2016-DN-BX-0196	$637,735	Closed
2015	Crime Lab Accreditation and Certification	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Culver City	CA	2015-CD-BX-0071	$17,245	Closed
2015	Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Miami University	OH	2015-DN-BX-K011	$547,722	Closed
2015	Evaluating the Skin Microbiome ad Trace Evidence	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego	CA	2014-R2-CX-K411	$637,942	Closed
2015	FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept	MO	2015-CD-BX-0016	$150,900	Closed
2015	FY15 State of Maine Coverdell	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Maine	ME	2015-CD-BX-0026	$63,705	Closed
2015	FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	David Rahnisky	MI	2015-CD-BX-0078	$77,063	Closed
2015	FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	St Lucie County	FL	2015-CD-BX-0028	$118,357	Closed
2015	Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	County of Cumberland	NC	2015-CD-BX-0074	$175,000	Closed
2015	Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Regents of the University of Colorado	CO	2015-DN-BX-K016	$863,485	Closed