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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:** 206**Total Amount Awarded:** $97,866,428
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                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2006
                                                                                        Automatic Fingerprint Matching Using Extended Feature Set
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-0005
                                                                                        $20,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence
                                                                                        City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K027
                                                                                        $140,949
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS
                                                                                        $111,000
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Black Box and White Box Forensic Examiner Evaluations - Understanding the Details
                                                                                        NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019
                                                                                        Federal Bureau of Investigation
                                                                                        
                                                                                        DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0010
                                                                                        $141,856
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Bloodstain Patterns on Textile Surfaces: A Fundamental Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        North Carolina State University
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K052
                                                                                        $432,648
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Trustees of Boston University
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K021
                                                                                        $403,397
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Breakable cartridge cyanocrylate fingerprinte development system/3 port sublimation chamber
                                                                                        NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        Mountain State University
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-K037
                                                                                        $82,820
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Bruising as a Forensic Marker of Physical Elder Abuse
                                                                                        Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California, Irvine
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2005-IJ-CX-0048
                                                                                        $375,655
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The Florida International University Board of Trustees
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K050
                                                                                        $244,072
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K205
                                                                                        $1,000,000
                                                                                        Closed2021
                                                                                        Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis
                                                                                        Research  and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO
                                                                                        $988,559
                                                                                        Open2015
                                                                                        Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2015-IJ-CX-K015
                                                                                        $264,842
                                                                                        Closed2000
                                                                                        Computer Assisted System for Reassembly
                                                                                        Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime
                                                                                        MN Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2000-RB-CX-0001
                                                                                        $16,400
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Computerized System for Aiding the Expert in Evaluating the Degree of Certainty in 2D Shoeprints
                                                                                        NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2009
                                                                                        U.S. Department of Defense (Israeli National Police via TSWG)
                                                                                        
                                                                                        2009-DN-R-090
                                                                                        $366,009
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Consecutive & Random Manufactured Semi-Automatic Pistol Breech Face & Fired Cartridge Case Evaluations
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Impression Evidence:  Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K168
                                                                                        $703,091
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        CONTINUATION OF EVALUATION OF THE RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAND CHILD VICTIMIZATION ENFORCEMENTGRANT PROGRAM SPECIAL INITIATIVE:FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONPILOT PROGRAM
                                                                                        NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations
                                                                                        Advocates for Human Potential
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2005-IJ-CX-0050
                                                                                        $202,905
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction
                                                                                        NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        Georgia Bureau of Investigation
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-K441
                                                                                        $254,471
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0227
                                                                                        $616,407
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Crime Displacement and HUD''s HOPE VI Initiative
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research
                                                                                        The Urban Institute
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-0020
                                                                                        $90,298
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Cultivating Methods to Enhance the Quality of Aged Fingerprints Developed by Cyanoacrylate Fuming
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Impression Evidence Solicitation: Invited Full Applications
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2006-DN-BX-K031
                                                                                        $126,505
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        Northeastern University
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0013
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Delivery of Academic Workshops in Instrumental Trace Evidence Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        The Florida International University Board of Trustess
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K071
                                                                                        $120,883
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Designing, Developing, and Delivering an Online/Classroom Explosives Analysis Course
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K070
                                                                                        $520,557
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Determination of Material Property Input Data for Fire Modeling
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Jensen Hughes, Inc.
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0185
                                                                                        $548,877
                                                                                        Closed
  
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