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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 Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 The Viability of Virtual Peer Review and Microscopic Verification Versus Traditional On-site Review Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 WASHINGTON STATE PATROL WA 2019-DU-BX-0001 $611,226 Closed
2018 Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NOBLIS, INC. VA 2018-DU-BX-0214 $1,086,976 Closed
2018 Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-DU-BX-0227 $616,407 Closed
2018 Development of a probabilistic multiclass model selection algorithm for high-dimension and complex data encountered in forensic pattern and trace evidence. NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SD 2018-R2-CX-0010 $149,942 Closed
2018 Establishing a National Firearms and Toolmark Statistical Background Population for Calculation of Error Rates NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2016-DNR-6257-3 $550,615 Open
2018 Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2018-DU-BX-0216 $198,000 Closed
2018 Initiative To Develop and Test Guidelines for Juvenile Drug Courts Legacy OJJDP Research Grants AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2014-DC-BX-K001 $5,988,057 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Physical Characteristics of Spatter Stains on Textiles: Influence of Impact Surface Texture, Blood Drop Volume and Blood Drop Velocity NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 2018-R2-CX-0033 $272,463 Closed
2018 Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2018-R2-CX-0034 $681,664 Closed
2018 Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed? NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-MU-MU-0003 $178,080 Closed
2017 Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2017-DN-BX-0167 $628,327 Closed
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 Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2017-IJ-CX-0024 $196,415 Closed
2017 Interpretation and Analysis of Recorded Gunshot Sounds NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MT 2017-DN-BX-0179 $236,000 Closed
2017 Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CA 2017-DN-BX-0148 $464,910 Closed
2017 Optimization and Statistical Testing of Experimental and Computer Methodologies for Evaluation of the LIT-MIA Thermal Imaging Method for Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY ID 2017-DN-BX-0173 $199,688 Closed
2017 Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The University of Mississippi MS 2017-IJ-CX-0001 $50,000 Closed
2017 Pressure factors in cartridge case comparisons NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2017-DN-BX-0161 $378,501 Closed
2017 Statistical Error Estimation for an Objective Measure of Similarity to a Latent Image NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes George Mason University VA 2017-IJ-CX-0029 $470,372 Closed
2017 Testing the Accuracy and Reliability of Palmar Friction Ridge Comparisons: A Black Box Study NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2017-DN-BX-0170 $370,454 Closed
2017 The Fluid Dynamics of Forensic Bloodstain Analysis: Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION GA 2017-IJ-CX-0028 $683,619 Closed
2017 Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2017-DN-BX-0171 $591,895 Closed
2016 A Metrology Foundation for 3D Ballistics Imaging Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2016-DNR-6257-2 $534,500 Closed
2016 Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2016-DN-BX-0147 $449,437 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