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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: Forensic pathology

Number of Awards: 1,090
Total Amount Awarded: $261,810,156

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2023 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2018 Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2018-75-CX-0039 $299,529 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NEW YORK, CITY OF NY 2018-DU-BX-0204 $450,243 Closed
2018 The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2018-DU-BX-0180 $726,629 Closed
2018 Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2018-DU-BX-0181 $354,751 Closed
2018 Exploration of RNA degradation in dried body fluid stains as a means of estimating the age of the samples NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY OK 2018-DU-BX-0206 $487,647 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2018-DU-BX-0215 $642,979 Closed
2019 Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2019-DU-BX-0031 $536,181 Past Project Period End Date
2019 A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 HARRIS COUNTY TX 2019-DU-BX-0022 $20,685 Closed
2019 Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2019-DU-BX-0044 $783,744 Open
2019 Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2019-DU-BX-0029 $636,419 Closed
2019 Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2019-75-CX-0019 $212,738 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2019-DU-BX-0010 $390,748 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 Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 2019-DU-BX-0040 $782,183 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-DU-BX-0013 $279,983 Closed
2019 Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2019-DU-BX-0020 $412,100 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
2019 Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0037 $100,000 Closed
2019 Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL 2019-DU-BX-0002 $372,438 Closed
2014 A Plan for the State of Wisconsin to Improve Forensic Science and medical Examiner Quality Services NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2014-CD-BX-0012 $128,610 Closed
2014 Statewide effort to achieve backlog reduction and improve the quality of forensic sciences in Indiana. NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Indiana Criminal Justice Institute IN 2014-CD-BX-0065 $147,157 Closed
2014 State of Alabama's FY2014 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement (NFSIA) Grant Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2014-CD-BX-0062 $108,253 Closed
2014 2014 Maine Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Maine ME 2014-CD-BX-0051 $63,029 Closed