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: 1,090
Total Amount Awarded: $261,810,156

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2011	Extending the Microbial Forensic Toolkit Through Whole Genome Sequencing and Statistical Phylogenomics	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2011-DN-BX-K534	$581,213	Closed
2003	Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2003-IJ-CX-K015	$290,315	Closed
2012	Increased Efficiency of Processing and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Benton County	AR	2012-CD-BX-0070	$68,207	Closed
2011	Increased Efficiency of Evidence Screening, Processing, and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Benton County	AR	2011-CD-BX-0102	$53,273	Closed
2009	Fiscal Year 09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Board of Police Commissioners	MO	2009-CD-BX-0058	$99,000	Closed
2014	MicroXRF Equipment to Improve the Quality of Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Services	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Board of Police Commissioners	MO	2014-CD-BX-0070	$174,650	Closed
2005	Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Latent Print and Firearms Backlog Reduction Program	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	Board of Police Commissioners	MO	2005-DN-BX-0078	$94,624	Closed
2019	Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED	NV	2019-R2-CX-0047	$100,000	Closed
2017	Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno	NV	2015-DN-BX-K409	$404,255	Open
2010	Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2010-DN-BX-K231	$483,323	Closed
2018	The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region.	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2018-R2-CX-0014	$106,701	Closed
2006	Computer Analysis & Technical Services (CATS) Laboratory Improvement Project	NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation	Broome County	NY	2006-DN-BX-0018	$94,803	Closed
2011	Improving Efficiencies and Readiness of the District 17 Medical Examiners Office	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Broward County	FL	2011-CD-BX-0064	$148,778	Closed
2009	Establishment of portable, digital radiographic capabilities for the Broward County Medical Examiners Office.	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Broward County	FL	2009-CD-BX-0060	$124,500	Closed
2012	Advanced Training to Improve Efficiencies and Readiness	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Broward County	FL	2012-CD-BX-0025	$19,996	Closed
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
2017	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	OH	2017-DN-BX-0168	$975,401	Closed
2010	"Bones in Boxes": Unidentified Human Remains Project	NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Charleston County	SC	2010-DN-BX-K129	$62,176	Closed
2012	Preservation of Forensic Science Evidence Initiative	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Charleston County	SC	2012-CD-BX-0068	$155,266	Closed
2006	Forensic Photo Enhancer	NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation	Cherokee County	GA	2006-DN-BX-0021	$73,151	Closed
2008	Eliminating Forensic Backlog	NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Chesterfield County	VA	2008-CD-BX-0093	$86,315	Closed
2014	Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-CD-BX-0027	$160,325	Closed
2016	Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES	CA	2016-DN-BX-0159	$866,896	Past Project Period End Date
2005	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Probram Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	City And County of Denver	CO	2005-DN-BX-0079	$57,305	Closed
2009	2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program --Competitive	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	City And County of Denver	CO	2009-CD-BX-0053	$125,000	Closed