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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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                                                  Original SolicitationSort descending
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2000
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2000-RC-CX-K001
                                                                                        $414,651
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures
                                                                                        
                                                                                        NOBLIS, INC.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0049
                                                                                        $132,817
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2022
                                                                                        Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent
                                                                                        
                                                                                        STONEY FORENSIC, INC
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS
                                                                                        $640,293
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $3,341,165
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
                                                                                        NEW YORK, CITY OF
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0166
                                                                                        $390,646
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Population distribution and factors affecting individual DNA shedding propensity
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0203
                                                                                        $332,893
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Testing new methods for degraded DNA recovery and next-generation sequencing
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0218
                                                                                        $669,898
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Exploration of RNA degradation in dried body fluid stains as a means of estimating the age of the samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        OK
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0206
                                                                                        $487,647
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        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 Date2018
                                                                                        DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing for Forensic Analysis
                                                                                        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-0179
                                                                                        $634,973
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Ensuring standards and enhancing the field of predictive biometrics using a globally-diverse genotype-phenotype database
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0219
                                                                                        $651,242
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        MIT Lincoln Laboratory
                                                                                        
                                                                                        DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-1
                                                                                        $649,938
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Establishing a National Firearms and Toolmark Statistical Background Population for Calculation of Error Rates
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                                                        
                                                                                        2016-DNR-6257-3
                                                                                        $550,615
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2019-75-CX-0017
                                                                                        $443,931
                                                                                        Closed
  
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