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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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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  StateSort descending
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2022
                                                                                        NSF co-funded project - Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology: Taking a Legally-lnformed Approach to Method Development
                                                                                        National Science Foundation Law and Science Funding Opportunity
                                                                                        National Science Foundation
                                                                                        
                                                                                        DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0007
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Open2014
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Stable Isotope Analysis as a Geospatial Tool for Identification: Intra-Individual Isotopic Variability
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0217
                                                                                        $570,624
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0044
                                                                                        $783,744
                                                                                        Open2005
                                                                                        Measuring atomic bomb-derived 14C levels in human remains to determine the Year of Birth and/or Year of Death
                                                                                        General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications
                                                                                        Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2005-IJ-CX-K013
                                                                                        $147,391
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Determining Fracture Timing from Histological Characteristics of Cortical Bone
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0015
                                                                                        $462,240
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2016
                                                                                        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 Date2017
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of South Florida Board of Trustees
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0197
                                                                                        $130,242
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Project IDENTIFICATION: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        University of West Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K164
                                                                                        $77,583
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) - FY 10 Continuation Funding
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $2,200,000
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Detecting Buried Remains Using Ground Penetrating Radar
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K132
                                                                                        $231,258
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0165
                                                                                        $424,799
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0031
                                                                                        $536,181
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2009
                                                                                        FY09 NamUs Continuation Funding
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $1,677,000
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY2008 NamUs Project
                                                                                        NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $1,780,000
                                                                                        Closed2021
                                                                                        Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO
                                                                                        $240,594
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        OSTEOID, A New Forensic Tool: Developing a Practical Online Resource for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0229
                                                                                        $185,453
                                                                                        Closed
  
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