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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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                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2015
                                                                                        Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K013
                                                                                        $564,875
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Texas at Dallas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-IJ-CX-K014
                                                                                        $639,450
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Miami University
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K011
                                                                                        $547,722
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Idaho State University
                                                                                        ID
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K009
                                                                                        $510,409
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Expanding on Total Body Score with Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $250,024
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Measuring desiccation: A system using bioelectrical impedance analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Colorado Mesa University
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K015
                                                                                        $256,951
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        MODELING SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS: Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools for the Objective Estimation of Age-at-Death for Modern Populations
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Florida State University
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K010
                                                                                        $610,111
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K070
                                                                                        $2,238,750
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Skeletal Age Estimation in Modern U.S. Adults: The Effects of Activity, Body Mass, and Osteoarthritis on Age-Related Changes in the Acetabulum
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        University of Florida Board of Trustees
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0009
                                                                                        $42,671
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K040
                                                                                        $277,667
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Adult Age Estimated From New Skeletal Traits And Enhanced Computer-Based Transition Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K007
                                                                                        $501,047
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program
                                                                                        FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-MU-BX-K063
                                                                                        $3,750,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Evaluation of high density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information from Skeletal Remains
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K035
                                                                                        $264,722
                                                                                        Open2014
                                                                                        Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K014
                                                                                        $588,326
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Postmortem Interval Determination: A Metabolomics / Lipidomics Approach
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Lincoln Memorial University
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K010
                                                                                        $193,079
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        The Evaluation and Refinement of Nonmetric Sex and Ancestry Assessment Methods in Japanese and Thai Individuals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-0002
                                                                                        $16,490
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Virginia Commonwealth University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K005
                                                                                        $238,863
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        A Multidisciplinary Validation Study of Non-human Animal Models for Forensic Decomposition Research
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K037
                                                                                        $226,382
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Citrate Content of Bone:  A Potential Measure of Post Mortem Interval
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Research Foundation for SUNY at The College at Brockport
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K031
                                                                                        $208,491
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Evaluation of Osteometric Measurements in Forensic Anthropology
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Lincoln Memorial University
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K038
                                                                                        $207,624
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Harris County
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2013-CD-BX-0071
                                                                                        $74,147
                                                                                        Closed
  
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