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                            Funding & Awards
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                          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:** 38**Total Amount Awarded:** $16,900,002
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                                                  Status2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0031
                                                                                        $49,994
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Development of Methods for Estimating Postmortem Internal and Body relocation based on Biomarkers of Human Decomposition Ecology
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        American Registry of Patholgoy
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K165
                                                                                        $270,390
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0048
                                                                                        $146,805
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Development and Validation of Standard Operating Procedures for Measuring Microbial Populations for Estimating a Postmortem Interval
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications
                                                                                        Texas A and M Research Foundation
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K243
                                                                                        $476,348
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soils
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2013-R2-CX-K010
                                                                                        $122,902
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K031
                                                                                        $219,127
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Construction of the Forensic Microbiome Database with Enhanced GeoSourcing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        J. Craig Venter Institute
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-K036
                                                                                        $962,800
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Communities Associated with Corpse Decomposition Using Next Generation Sequencing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Regents of the University of Colorado
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K533
                                                                                        $894,629
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UChicago Argonne, LLC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K030
                                                                                        $564,735
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
                                                                                        Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K430
                                                                                        $564,735
                                                                                        Closed
  
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