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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:** 5,283**Total Amount Awarded:** $3,045,244,350
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                                                  Original SolicitationSort descending
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2018
                                                                                        Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NEW YORK, CITY OF
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0204
                                                                                        $450,243
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0034
                                                                                        $445,244
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Post-Blast Explosives Attribution
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0193
                                                                                        $599,738
                                                                                        Declined2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics:  Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-MU-MU-0003
                                                                                        $178,080
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Black Box Evaluation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Conclusions
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NOBLIS, INC.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0214
                                                                                        $1,086,976
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Capillary Electrophoresis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
                                                                                        OK
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0205
                                                                                        $477,609
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Through the E-Cigarette Looking Glass: The Impact of Vaping Ethanol on DUI Investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0036
                                                                                        $517,961
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        MIT Lincoln Laboratory
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0192
                                                                                        $649,938
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        George Mason University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0228
                                                                                        $197,669
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0180
                                                                                        $726,629
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Resolving the Forensic DNA Mixture Problem through the Development of End-to-End Single-Cell Pipelines
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
                                                                                        NJ
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0185
                                                                                        $546,727
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0194
                                                                                        $499,318
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0033
                                                                                        $368,415
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Learning from Our Casework: The Forensic Anthropology Database for Assessing Methods Accuracy (FADAMA)
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0213
                                                                                        $267,117
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Fast Screening of Firearm Discharge Residues by Laser-based Spectrochemical Methods, Electrochemical Sensors, and Chemometrics
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0186
                                                                                        $379,394
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Cadre Research Labs, LLC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0216
                                                                                        $198,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Evaluating Analytical Parameters and Understanding Drug-Matrix Interactions in Forensic Hair Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0037
                                                                                        $400,349
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Validating Conclusion Scales in the Forensic Sciences
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0212
                                                                                        $249,206
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Multi-spectral Tunable Detection (MultiTuDe) Lens for Rapid In-situ Forensic Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0042
                                                                                        $271,226
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed
  
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