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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:** 38**Total Amount Awarded:** $16,900,002
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort ascending
                                                  Status2015
                                                                                        Construction of the Forensic Microbiome Database with Enhanced GeoSourcing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        J. Craig Venter Institute
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-K036
                                                                                        $962,800
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Communities Associated with Corpse Decomposition Using Next Generation Sequencing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Regents of the University of Colorado
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K533
                                                                                        $894,629
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of Colorado
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K016
                                                                                        $863,485
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Utilization of microbial structure and function in investigations of criminal justice
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Mississippi State University
                                                                                        MS
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K008
                                                                                        $843,376
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Expanding and validating microbiome database for estimating the postmortem interval
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04402-MUMU
                                                                                        $834,503
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0025
                                                                                        $808,296
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0180
                                                                                        $726,629
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0025
                                                                                        $698,382
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-4194
                                                                                        $684,273
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2015
                                                                                        Evaluating the Skin Microbiome ad Trace Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2014-R2-CX-K411
                                                                                        $637,942
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0196
                                                                                        $637,735
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-NE-BX-K006
                                                                                        $589,701
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UChicago Argonne, LLC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K030
                                                                                        $564,735
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
                                                                                        Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K430
                                                                                        $564,735
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2017-MU-MU-0042
                                                                                        $532,286
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0012
                                                                                        $530,242
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Capillary Electrophoresis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
                                                                                        OK
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0205
                                                                                        $477,609
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Development and Validation of Standard Operating Procedures for Measuring Microbial Populations for Estimating a Postmortem Interval
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications
                                                                                        Texas A and M Research Foundation
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K243
                                                                                        $476,348
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2019-75-CX-0017
                                                                                        $443,931
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Virginia Commonwealth University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0151
                                                                                        $443,598
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present.
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX
                                                                                        $409,612
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        Linking Internal Organ Microbiome and Metabolome Composition to Cause of Death in Medicolegal Investigations
                                                                                        NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2017-MU-MU-4042
                                                                                        $393,503
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Human decomposition: A mosaic model for community succession and implications for future forensic research
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Sam Houston State University
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K023
                                                                                        $304,961
                                                                                        Closed
  
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