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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:** 146**Total Amount Awarded:** $96,717,206
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort ascending
                                                  Status2014
                                                                                        Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains from Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Sam Houston State University
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K009
                                                                                        $495,853
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO
                                                                                        $495,637
                                                                                        Open2009
                                                                                        Mid-Atlantic/Mid-Appalachian Training on Innovations in Forensic Science Through the Radford University Forensic Science Institute
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        Radford University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K200
                                                                                        $484,092
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations
                                                                                        Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K231
                                                                                        $483,323
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO
                                                                                        $467,325
                                                                                        Open2008
                                                                                        The NIJ-NC State Professional Training Podcast:  Investigation Protocols for Death in Natural Environments
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        NC State University
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K213
                                                                                        $464,078
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Determining Fracture Timing from Histological Characteristics of Cortical Bone
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0015
                                                                                        $462,240
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2014
                                                                                        Isotopic Taphonomy of Human Remains
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K002
                                                                                        $462,226
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        GIS Application for Building a Nationally Representative Forensic Taphonomy Database
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        SC
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0025
                                                                                        $457,536
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0165
                                                                                        $424,799
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K012
                                                                                        $423,959
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        A Dental Anthropological Databank for Use in the Statistical Estimation of Ancestry and Sex in Forensic Anthropology
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0143
                                                                                        $422,514
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The Florida International University
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K538
                                                                                        $417,595
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        Texas State University San Marcos
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K838
                                                                                        $417,595
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K409
                                                                                        $404,255
                                                                                        Open2008
                                                                                        Recovery and Interpretation of Burned Human Remains
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        Mercyhurst College
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K131
                                                                                        $399,240
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0010
                                                                                        $390,748
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Novel Computer-Assisted Identification Method Using Radiograph Comparison
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations
                                                                                        Harris County
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K194
                                                                                        $366,561
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Positive identification using frontal sinus comparisons: Developing empirically-based guidelines
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0013
                                                                                        $357,871
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO
                                                                                        $349,970
                                                                                        Open2010
                                                                                        Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K131
                                                                                        $348,511
                                                                                        Closed
  
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