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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:** 1,090**Total Amount Awarded:** $261,810,156
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  RecipientSort descending
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2011
                                                                                        Extending the Microbial Forensic Toolkit Through Whole Genome Sequencing and Statistical Phylogenomics
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Baylor College of Medicine
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K534
                                                                                        $581,213
                                                                                        Closed2003
                                                                                        Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        Baylor College of Medicine
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2003-IJ-CX-K015
                                                                                        $290,315
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Increased Efficiency of Processing and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Benton County
                                                                                        AR
                                                                                        2012-CD-BX-0070
                                                                                        $68,207
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Increased Efficiency of Evidence Screening, Processing, and Reporting for Death Investigations and Crime Scene Processing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Benton County
                                                                                        AR
                                                                                        2011-CD-BX-0102
                                                                                        $53,273
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Fiscal Year 09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        Board of Police Commissioners
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-0058
                                                                                        $99,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        MicroXRF Equipment to Improve the Quality of Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Services
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Board of Police Commissioners
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2014-CD-BX-0070
                                                                                        $174,650
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory Latent Print and Firearms Backlog Reduction Program
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
                                                                                        Board of Police Commissioners
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-0078
                                                                                        $94,624
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0047
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2010
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region.
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2018-R2-CX-0014
                                                                                        $106,701
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2006
                                                                                        Computer Analysis & Technical Services (CATS) Laboratory Improvement Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation
                                                                                        Broome County
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-0018
                                                                                        $94,803
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Improving Efficiencies and Readiness of the District 17 Medical Examiners Office
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Broward County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2011-CD-BX-0064
                                                                                        $148,778
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Establishment of portable, digital radiographic capabilities for the Broward County Medical Examiners Office.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        Broward County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-0060
                                                                                        $124,500
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Advanced Training to Improve Efficiencies and Readiness
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Broward County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2012-CD-BX-0025
                                                                                        $19,996
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Technical Improvements for Broward County Medical Examiners
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Broward County
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-CD-BX-0031
                                                                                        $94,911
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017
                                                                                        CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0168
                                                                                        $975,401
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        "Bones in Boxes": Unidentified Human Remains Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        Charleston County
                                                                                        SC
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K129
                                                                                        $62,176
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Preservation of Forensic Science Evidence Initiative
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Charleston County
                                                                                        SC
                                                                                        2012-CD-BX-0068
                                                                                        $155,266
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Forensic Photo Enhancer
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation
                                                                                        Cherokee County
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-0021
                                                                                        $73,151
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Eliminating Forensic Backlog
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        Chesterfield County
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2008-CD-BX-0093
                                                                                        $86,315
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Chicago, City of
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2014-CD-BX-0027
                                                                                        $160,325
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0159
                                                                                        $866,896
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2005
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Probram Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
                                                                                        City And County of Denver
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-0079
                                                                                        $57,305
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program --Competitive
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        City And County of Denver
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-0053
                                                                                        $125,000
                                                                                        Closed
  
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