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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 SolicitationSort descending
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2014
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2012
                                                                                        A Multi-Modal Method for Determining the Postmortem Interval in Juvenile Remains and Assessing Skeletal Health
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        North Carolina State University
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K049
                                                                                        $270,877
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Trustees of Indiana University
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $197,491
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2017
                                                                                        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 Date2011
                                                                                        Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K537
                                                                                        $514,495
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Pediatric Fracture Printing: Creating a Science of Statistical Fracture Signature Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K540
                                                                                        $681,147
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Testing the Validity of Radiographic Comparisons inPositive Identifications
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        North Carolina State University
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K214
                                                                                        $284,763
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        County of Hrris, Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K235
                                                                                        $26,409
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        HCME Anthropology Division Metric Research in Forensic Cutmark Interpretation
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Sciences
                                                                                        County of Hrris, Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2008-NI-CX-0004
                                                                                        $5,120
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-MU-BX-K063
                                                                                        $2,600,000
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        A Test of the Lamendin Age Estimation Method
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications
                                                                                        Research Foundation on behalf of SUNY College at Oswego
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-K035
                                                                                        $6,915
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed
  
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