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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.

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

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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,948
Total Amount Awarded: $2,259,712,895

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Technical Improvements for Broward County Medical Examiners NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Broward County FL 2007-CD-BX-0031 $94,911 Closed
2007 The Baltimore City Police Department 08 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement City of Baltimore MD 2007-DN-BX-K118 $344,432 Closed
2007 The Phoenix Police Department is seeking $95,000 in grant funds to utilize outsourcing to reduce the current backlog in the Evidence Processing Unit and the Latent Print Comparative Unit. NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Phoenix Police Department AZ 2007-CD-BX-0050 $95,000 Closed
2007 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODI National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2007-DN-BX-K200 $1,400,000 Closed
2007 The use of Infrared imaging, a robust matching engine and associated algorithyms to enhance identification of both 2D and 3D impressions. Phase 1 NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals SED Technology LLC VA 2007-DN-BX-K169 $295,247 Closed
2007 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Louisiana State University and A and M College LA 2007-DN-BX-K146 $580,337 Closed
2007 Training and Pay Accreditation Fees NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration AR 2007-CD-BX-0036 $106,470 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
2007 Tucson Police Department's Grant Program for Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Tucson AZ 2007-DN-BX-K138 $449,727 Closed
2007 Upgrade Conventional Radiography System to Digital Technology Imaging System NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Volusia FL 2007-CD-BX-0059 $29,000 Closed
2007 USB Live Acquistion and Triage Tool (US-LATT) NIJ FY 07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2007-DN-BX-K021 $137,500 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
2007 Utica Police Forensic Programs NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Utica NY 2007-CD-BX-0045 $94,942 Closed
2007 Utility of Whole-Body CT Imaging in the Post Mortem Detection of Elder Abuse and Neglect: Comparison with and Potential Substitution for Standard Autopsy. NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse University of Maryland, Baltimore MD 2007-DN-BX-0007 $292,341 Closed
2007 Vermont 2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2007-DN-BX-K001 $43,600 Closed
2007 Vermont 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2007-DN-BX-K030 $100,000 Closed
2007 Vermont FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2007-CD-BX-0007 $96,594 Closed
2007 VT FY07 NIJ Forensic DNA R&D NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals VT Department of Public Safety VT 2007-DN-BX-K149 $112,481 Closed
2007 Web-Based Continuing Education and Professional Development for Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Research Triangle Institute NC 2007-DN-BX-K208 $1,586,975 Closed
2007 Web-based training for Virginia''s Local Medical Death Investigators NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence VA Institute Forensic Science & Medicine VA 2007-DN-BX-K210 $213,697 Closed
2007 Y Chromosome Whole Genome Analysis Strategies: Improved Detection of Male DNA NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals University of Central Florida FL 2007-DN-BX-K147 $324,705 Closed
2006 'On-Line' Implementation of the Case Agent Investigative Review (CAIR) System for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation CITY OF HILLSBORO OR 2006-DN-BX-0019 $84,450 Closed
2006 "Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program"U.S. Department of JusticeNational Institute of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2006-DN-BX-K148 $478,218 Closed
2006 "FY 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Arkansas State Crime Laboratory" NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2006-DN-BX-K042 $73,128 Closed
2006 "FY2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program -Illinois State Police" NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Illinois State Police IL 2006-DN-BX-K083 $850,000 Closed