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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: Pattern evidence

Number of Awards: 206
Total Amount Awarded: $97,866,428

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS $111,000 Open
2023 Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO $495,637 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
2023 Mitigating demographic bias in forensic speaker identification NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SRI INTERNATIONAL CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04220-RESS $553,851 Open
2023 Quantifying the strength of support in fingerprint casework comparisons NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04227-SLFO $609,185 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 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO $141,921 Open
2022 Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS $623,965 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
2022 Measuring rarity of combined features in palm versus finger impressions and evaluating examiner perceptions NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-04404-SLFO $489,524 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 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 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
2020 3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-DQ-BX-0006 $361,656 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Interoperability of 3D Impressed Firearm Toolmarks Measurements Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0011 $497,293 Open
2020 Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010 $609,700 Open
2019 A Quantitative Understanding of Uniqueness and Reproducibility of Firearm Toolmark Surfaces Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0009 $458,108 Closed
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-MU-MU-0096 $380,405 Closed
2019 Black Box and White Box Forensic Examiner Evaluations - Understanding the Details NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0010 $141,856 Open
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 Development of Dual-Resolution 3D Imaging Device and Software Tools for Shoe and Tire Impression Evidence Collection, Visualization, and Recognition Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2019-R2-CX-0069 $823,804 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Expanding the Scope and Efficiency of 3D Surface Topography Analysis in Firearm Forensics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 CADRE RESEARCH LABS (ILLINOIS) LLC IL 2019-DU-BX-0012 $194,505 Closed
2019 Fluid Dynamic Studies of Bloody Fingermarks Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-75-CX-0018 $159,122 Closed
2019 Interpretation and Processing of User Generated Audio Recordings Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MT 2019-DU-BX-0019 $216,518 Closed
2019 Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0041 $99,618 Closed