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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:** 136**Total Amount Awarded:** $47,841,680
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  RecipientSort ascending
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2018
                                                                                        Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0032
                                                                                        $985,950
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0010
                                                                                        $476,517
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Assessing the Strength of Trace Evidence Fracture Fits Through a Comprehensive, Systematic, and Quantifiable Approach
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0012
                                                                                        $466,543
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2021
                                                                                        Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP
                                                                                        $327,405
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Latent Fingerprint Image Enhancement & Matching Using Deep Generative Adversarial Networks
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0041
                                                                                        $99,618
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0031
                                                                                        $49,994
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Front-end differentiation of contributor cell populations and estimation of DNA content in trace biological samples using novel cellular signatures
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0023
                                                                                        $382,296
                                                                                        Open2022
                                                                                        Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        VALENTI, DENISE A
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS
                                                                                        $595,000
                                                                                        Open2022
                                                                                        FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
                                                                                        VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO
                                                                                        $141,921
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Community-Based Participatory Needs Assessments with AI/AN Communities
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        Urban Institute
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2016-VT-BX-K001
                                                                                        $275,580
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Statistical evaluation of forensic sequencing profiles
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
                                                                                        WA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0040
                                                                                        $107,205
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
                                                                                        WA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0022
                                                                                        $711,906
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Forensic tool to identify fall characteristics in infant skull fracture
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0014
                                                                                        $557,607
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Policing Leadership and Accountability: Harnessing Big Data and Causal Inference for Evaluating Police Reform Practices
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-05487-RESS
                                                                                        $972,083
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Improve craniometric ancestry estimation with deep learning methods
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04431-RESS
                                                                                        $306,271
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Audio Deepfake Detection for Forensics and Security
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01933-RESS
                                                                                        $64,003
                                                                                        Open2009
                                                                                        Automated Steganography Detection For Law Enforcement Continuation
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        University of Rhode Island
                                                                                        RI
                                                                                        2009-FD-CX-K214
                                                                                        $119,995
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        DeepPatrol: Finding Illicit Videos for Law Enforcement
                                                                                        Developing Improved Means to Collect Digital Evidence Program
                                                                                        University of Rhode Island
                                                                                        RI
                                                                                        2016-MU-CX-K015
                                                                                        $396,686
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        University of Pittsburgh
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0010
                                                                                        $49,356
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        University of Pittsburgh
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0010
                                                                                        $49,356
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0018
                                                                                        $198,362
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU
                                                                                        $650,390
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO
                                                                                        $532,833
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO
                                                                                        $320,732
                                                                                        Open
  
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