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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
                                                  Status2008
                                                                                        HCME Anthropology Division Metric Research in Forensic Cutmark Interpretation
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Sciences
                                                                                        County of Hrris, Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2008-NI-CX-0004
                                                                                        $5,120
                                                                                        Closed2000
                                                                                        Computer Assisted System for Reassembly
                                                                                        Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime
                                                                                        MN Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2000-RB-CX-0001
                                                                                        $16,400
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        REPEATABILITY AND UNIQUENESS OF STRIATIONS/IMPRESSIONS IN FIRED CARTRIDGE CASINGS FIRED IN 10 CONSECUTIVELY MANUFACTURED SLIDES
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Miami Dade County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K230
                                                                                        $17,127
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Automatic Fingerprint Matching Using Extended Feature Set
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-0005
                                                                                        $20,000
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Reduce Latent Print Examination Backlog and Provide Training
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
                                                                                        City of Chandler
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-0112
                                                                                        $22,306
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Miami-Dade Repeatability and Uniqueness of Striations/Impressions in Bullets Fired in 10 Consecutively Manufactured Glock EBIS Barrels
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Miami Dade County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K269
                                                                                        $23,896
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Development of Novel 1,2-Indanedione Fingerprint Reagents
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program
                                                                                        Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2012-IJ-CX-0019
                                                                                        $25,000
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Method Development for Objective Physical Matching: Meeting Daubert
                                                                                        NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2005
                                                                                        U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Systems Management – Israeli National Police(IAA)
                                                                                        
                                                                                        2005-IJ-R-051-3
                                                                                        $25,000
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                        University of Louisville Research Foundation
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0006
                                                                                        $32,000
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Evaluating High Dynamic Range (HDR) Processing with Regards to the Presence of Individualizing Characteristics in Shoeprint/Tireprint Impressions
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence
                                                                                        County of Ventura
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K038
                                                                                        $32,696
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development and Properties of Kernel-Based Methods for the Interpretation and Presentation of Forensic Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        South Dakota State University
                                                                                        SD
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0028
                                                                                        $33,513
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Forensic Investigation of Bloodstains Using Raman Spectroscopy and Chemometrics: species differentiation, kinetic changes, donor age, and potential false positives
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0021
                                                                                        $49,795
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        New concept for fingerprint analysis:  bioaffinity-based systems utilizing amino acids
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0009
                                                                                        $49,862
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        RECOVERY OF DEFACED SERIAL NUMBERS USING INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        Idaho State University
                                                                                        ID
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0017
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        West Virginia University
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0010
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        Northeastern University
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0013
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        The University of Mississippi
                                                                                        MS
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0001
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Electronic Fingerprint Development Device "Fuma-Room"
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques and Technologies: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        Mountain State University Inc.
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-K242
                                                                                        $61,152
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Impression Evidence Backlog Reduction
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Idaho State Police
                                                                                        ID
                                                                                        2015-CD-BX-0043
                                                                                        $63,705
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        David Rahnisky
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-CD-BX-0078
                                                                                        $77,063
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Validating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        City and County of Denver - Police Department
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K034
                                                                                        $79,150
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Mapping Transnational Gang Activity
                                                                                        FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        University of San Diego
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2012-R2-CX-0028
                                                                                        $79,982
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Breakable cartridge cyanocrylate fingerprinte development system/3 port sublimation chamber
                                                                                        NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        Mountain State University
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-K037
                                                                                        $82,820
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Gunshot Residue in a Non-Firearm-Related Detainee Population
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Harris County
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K222
                                                                                        $88,837
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Crime Displacement and HUD''s HOPE VI Initiative
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research
                                                                                        The Urban Institute
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-0020
                                                                                        $90,298
                                                                                        Closed
  
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