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: 44
Total Amount Awarded: $20,317,455

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2010	Forensic Investigation Techniques for Inspecting Electrical Conductors Involved in Fire	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.	MD	2010-DN-BX-K246	$205,087	Closed
2018	A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	2018-DU-BX-0174	$176,490	Closed
2023	Experimental and numerical investigations for the development and validation of thermo-chemistry models and property databases for selected wall lining materials under fire exposure	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	KY	15PNIJ-23-GG-04204-RESS	$290,289	Open
2008	Fire Dynamics and Forensic Analysis of Liquid Fuel Spill Fires	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2008-DN-BX-K168	$239,165	Closed
2010	Electrical Fires' Forensic Signatures of Fire Cause Events	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2010-DN-BX-K218	$325,715	Closed
2007	Fire Dynamics and Forensic Analysis of Limited Ventilation Compartment Fires	NIJ FY 07 Research and Development in Fire and Arson Investigation: Invited Full Proposals	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2007-DN-BX-K240	$227,443	Closed
2007	Development of Forensic Tools for Smoke Residue and Deposition Analysis	NIJ FY 07 Research and Development in Fire and Arson Investigation: Invited Full Proposals	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2007-DN-BX-K236	$268,594	Closed
2009	FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF IGNITABLE LIQUID FUEL FIRES IN BUILDINGS	NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2009-DN-BX-K232	$392,491	Closed
2016	Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Jensen Hughes, Inc.	MD	2016-DN-BX-0185	$548,877	Closed
2010	Interpretation of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris Analysis: Effect of Competitive Adsoprtion, Development of an Expert System and Assessment of the False Positive/Incorrect Assignment Rate	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2010-DN-BX-K272	$540,752	Closed
2008	Development and Validation of a Method for Individualization of Middle Distillates and Kerosene Residues in Fire Debris	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2008-DN-BX-K146	$198,000	Closed
2008	Marshall University Forensic Science Center: A National Resource for State and Local Forensic Crime Laboratories	NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards	Marshall University Research Corporation	WV	2008-DN-BX-K219	$4,248,155	Closed
2018	Post-Blast Explosives Attribution	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	MA	2018-DU-BX-0193	$599,738	Declined
2018	Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	2018-DU-BX-0225	$466,769	Closed
2023	Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS	$262,678	Open
2019	Extraction of Ignitable Liquid Residues by Dynamic Capillary Headspace Sampling and Comparison to the Carbon Strip Method	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0007	$99,865	Closed
2010	Reducing Uncertainty of Quantifying the Burning Rate of Upholstered Furniture	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Southwest Research Institute	TX	2010-DN-BX-K221	$497,688	Closed
2018	Development of CFAST Based Fire Simulation Toolkit for Fire Investigators	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE	TX	2018-R2-CX-0032	$487,386	Closed
2022	Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO	$1,087,985	Open
2016	Lightweight Impact-Resistant and Flame-Retardant Materials: Lessons from Biology	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2016-R2-CX-0015	$48,391	Closed
2016	Personal Telemetry Using Wireless Body Area Networks	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The Regents of the University of California, Irvine	CA	2016-R2-CX-0014	$47,783	Closed
2010	Development of a Sampling System to Stabilize Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	The Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2010-DN-BX-K036	$239,025	Closed
2011	Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida	FL	2011-DN-BX-K539	$470,545	Closed
2017	Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0023	$496,976	Closed
2019	Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2019-DU-BX-0016	$321,025	Closed