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: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $139,905,300

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort ascending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2020	Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE	MA	2020-R2-CX-0047	$519,893	Open
2010	Wisconsin Cold Case Initiative - Resolving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Wisconsin Department of Justice	WI	2010-DN-BX-K010	$506,323	Closed
2008	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Wisconsin Department of Justice	WI	2008-DN-BX-K196	$499,989	Closed
2005	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Wisconsin Department of Justice	WI	2005-DN-BX-K011	$122,692	Closed
2010	USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) Phase II	NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery	WetStone Technologies, Inc.	NY	2010-FD-CX-K021	$194,916	Closed
2016	Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2016-DN-BX-0152	$213,735	Closed
2018	Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0032	$985,950	Past Project Period End Date
2015	Responding to sexual assault on campus: A national assessment and systematic classification of the scope and challenges for investigation and adjudication	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Investigation and Adjudication of Campus Sexual Assault	Wellesley College	MA	2015-IJ-CX-0009	$555,677	Closed
2011	The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project	NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project	Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office	MI	2011-DN-BX-0001	$200,000	Closed
2012	2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Virginia State Police	VA	2012-DN-BX-K002	$466,900	Closed
2008	FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science	NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2008-DN-BX-K154	$443,682	Closed
2010	Identifying the Missing in Virginia 2010	NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2010-DN-BX-K130	$468,640	Closed
2009	SOLVING COLD CASES FROM DFS SEROLOGY CASE FILES -- 1973-1988	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Virginia Department of Forensic Science	VA	2009-DN-BX-K046	$490,960	Closed
2011	Cold Case Anaylsis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (CCAT-LEP) Continuation Project	NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program	Virginia Center for Policing Innovation	VA	2011-DN-BX-K566	$373,169	Closed
2010	Using DNA to Identify the Missing in Palm Beach County	NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Village of Royal Palm Beach	FL	2010-DN-BX-K143	$40,058	Closed
2010	Development of forensic and investigative tools and techniques to investigate criminal use of Internet anonymizers	NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery	Vere Software	NV	2010-DN-BX-K248	$179,214	Closed
2009	"UTAP: A Cold Case Continuum for DNA Testing for Small Rural Agencies"	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Utah Attorney General''s Office	UT	2009-DN-BX-K203	$343,760	Closed
2014	Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Utah	UT	2014-DN-BX-0003	$35,000	Closed
2009	National DNA Training Initiative	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-K191	$647,802	Closed
2022	Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO	$395,516	Open
2023	Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS	$229,454	Open
2013	Anthropological Methods for DNA Analysis of the Missing and Unidentified Children Located at the Former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida	NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	University of South Florida	FL	2013-DN-BX-K002	$423,528	Closed
2012	Cloud Forensics Tool Prototyping	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Rhode Island	RI	2012-MU-CX-K002	$499,791	Closed
2009	Automated Human Image Detection and Authentication Continuation	NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals	University of Rhode Island	RI	2009-FD-CX-K215	$150,000	Closed
2017	Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2017-IJ-CX-0003	$40,780	Closed