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                            Funding & Awards
 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. Description

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**Number of Awards:** 43**Total Amount Awarded:** $11,730,368
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        FYSort descending
                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2014
                                                                                        The Evaluation and Refinement of Nonmetric Sex and Ancestry Assessment Methods in Japanese and Thai Individuals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-0002
                                                                                        $16,490
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2015-IJ-CX-K015
                                                                                        $264,842
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $250,024
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling:  Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0178
                                                                                        $270,616
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0179
                                                                                        $327,372
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Implications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanned Images for the Criminal Justice System
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0177
                                                                                        $160,300
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0146
                                                                                        $377,535
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0008
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0008
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        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 Date2019
                                                                                        Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
                                                                                        Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2019-75-CX-0015
                                                                                        $114,540
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
                                                                                        GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0008
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2021
                                                                                        Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO
                                                                                        $406,468
                                                                                        Open2022
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Evaluating the reliability and accuracy of multiple geophysical methods in the search for clandestine graves
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04226-SLFO
                                                                                        $351,078
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        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
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