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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:** 2,574**Total Amount Awarded:** $1,347,507,130
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2017
                                                                                        Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                                                        
                                                                                        DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1
                                                                                        $207,700
                                                                                        Open2017
                                                                                        Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        University of Denver
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0024
                                                                                        $43,719
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications.
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0164
                                                                                        $492,892
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0186
                                                                                        $311,609
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0137
                                                                                        $286,931
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
                                                                                        WA
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0136
                                                                                        $903,440
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Quantifying and Qualifying the Influence of Standard Laboratory Procedures on Aged, Degraded, and/or Low Copy Number DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
                                                                                        OK
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0139
                                                                                        $997,831
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Raman spectroscopy for analyzing body fluid traces: Universal method development
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0135
                                                                                        $681,275
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Security Crystals: NIR-To-NIR Upconverting Nanoparticles for Fingerprint Identification and DNA Extraction
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        SD
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0026
                                                                                        $841,307
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Sexual Assault and Forensic Evidence Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR)
                                                                                        HIGHLANDS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-AK-BX-0010
                                                                                        $58,771
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0010
                                                                                        $46,155
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0202
                                                                                        $431,917
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $5,000,000
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2018-NE-BX-0001
                                                                                        $600,704
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0177
                                                                                        $694,525
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Better Forensic Markers: Microhaplotypes and Ancestry SNPs
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        YALE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CT
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0041
                                                                                        $1,083,499
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2018-MU-MU-0013
                                                                                        $462,091
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0003
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Characterization and Quantification of Microbial Degradation of Sexual Lubricants
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0005
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Characterization of Personal and Condom Lubricants using DART-TOFMS and Comprehensive GC-MS
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0004
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0226
                                                                                        $171,041
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0011
                                                                                        $49,985
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Development of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear STR and SNP Markers
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0183
                                                                                        $696,362
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date
  
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