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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:** 1,090**Total Amount Awarded:** $261,810,156
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                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2023
                                                                                        FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
                                                                                        
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
                                                                                        $300,000
                                                                                        Open2022
                                                                                        FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
                                                                                        
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
                                                                                        $300,000
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
                                                                                        Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
                                                                                        $300,000
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        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 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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        NIJ National Center on Forensics
                                                                                        NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-MU-CX-0001
                                                                                        $2,000,000
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        HARRIS COUNTY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0022
                                                                                        $20,685
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0047
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019
                                                                                        MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0002
                                                                                        $372,438
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0029
                                                                                        $636,419
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Extraction and Quantification of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Complex Biological Matrices to Support Medicolegal Death Investigations
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0037
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0013
                                                                                        $279,983
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        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 Date2019
                                                                                        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 Date2019
                                                                                        Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0020
                                                                                        $412,100
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Identification of Blunt Force Traumatic Fractures in Burned Bone
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2019-75-CX-0019
                                                                                        $212,738
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0040
                                                                                        $782,183
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Automation-Supported Curation of Large Forensic Image Databases
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0181
                                                                                        $354,751
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0039
                                                                                        $299,529
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        ENHANCING FOUNDATIONAL VALIDITY OF FORENSIC FINDINGS IN MEDICO-LEGAL STRANGULATION EXAMINATIONS
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence
                                                                                        RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2018-VA-CX-0004
                                                                                        $726,344
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2018-R2-CX-0018
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        Closed
  
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