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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:** 206**Total Amount Awarded:** $97,866,428
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort descending
                                                  Status2016
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Establishing a National Firearms and Toolmark Statistical Background Population for Calculation of Error Rates
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                                                        
                                                                                        2016-DNR-6257-3
                                                                                        $550,615
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Mitigating demographic bias in forensic speaker identification
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        SRI INTERNATIONAL
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04220-RESS
                                                                                        $553,851
                                                                                        Open2017
                                                                                        Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0163
                                                                                        $570,790
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Pattern Evidence: Latent Print training program; Track 1: Delivery of Training, SL #000949
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center, Incorporated
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K571
                                                                                        $576,931
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Development of an Interactive Database of Contemporary Material Properties for Computer Fire Modeling
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0018
                                                                                        $583,545
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0171
                                                                                        $591,895
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Quantitative Assessment of the Individuality of Friction Ridge Patterns
                                                                                        Friction Ridge Analysis Research
                                                                                        Research Foundation of SUNY
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2005-DD-BX-K012
                                                                                        $596,478
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Reliability Measures for Current Methods in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Minnesota Department of Public Safety
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K213
                                                                                        $602,578
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Quantifying the strength of support in fingerprint casework comparisons
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04227-SLFO
                                                                                        $609,185
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        Quantitative Evaluation of Footwear Evidence: Advancing the Footwear Impression Comparison System (FICS) towards Casework Application
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                                                        
                                                                                        DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0010
                                                                                        $609,700
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        The Viability of Virtual Peer Review and Microscopic Verification Versus Traditional On-site Review
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019
                                                                                        WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
                                                                                        WA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0001
                                                                                        $611,226
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0227
                                                                                        $616,407
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS
                                                                                        $623,965
                                                                                        Open2009
                                                                                        FY09 Pattern Evidence Training Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC)
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K198
                                                                                        $627,321
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0167
                                                                                        $628,327
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence
                                                                                        The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K203
                                                                                        $632,244
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Pattern Evidence: Latent Print Training program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC)
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K265
                                                                                        $638,700
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        2018-R2-CX-0034
                                                                                        $681,664
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        The Fluid Dynamics of Forensic Bloodstain Analysis: Droplet Impact on Inclined Surfaces
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0028
                                                                                        $683,619
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Application of spatial statistics to latent print identifications: Towards improved forensic science methodologies
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Western Oregon University
                                                                                        OR
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K228
                                                                                        $685,754
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Pattern Evidence Training
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC)
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K186
                                                                                        $689,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2014-NE-BX-0006
                                                                                        $699,533
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Consecutive & Random Manufactured Semi-Automatic Pistol Breech Face & Fired Cartridge Case Evaluations
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence:  Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K168
                                                                                        $703,091
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Application of Machine Learning to Toolmarks: Statistically Based Methods for Impression Pattern Comparisons
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence:  Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K041
                                                                                        $704,189
                                                                                        Closed
  
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