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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:** 146**Total Amount Awarded:** $96,717,206
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                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2016
                                                                                        Assessing Cognitive Bias, Method Validation, and Equipment Performance for theForensic Anthropology Laboratory
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
                                                                                        Harris County, Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-K003
                                                                                        $114,106
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Biomechanical and Morphometric Body Mass Estimation from the Human Skeleton Employing High Resolution CTs, DEXA Bone Density Scans, Radiographs and Osteological Covariates
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-0013
                                                                                        $20,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K018
                                                                                        $533,978
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Blunt Force Trauma to the Ribs: Creating Predictive Models
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0047
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Body mass estimation using bone micro- and macro-structure: a practical approach using CT imaging and computer analysis
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0048
                                                                                        $683,542
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of South Florida Board of Trustees
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0197
                                                                                        $130,242
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K013
                                                                                        $564,875
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Citrate Content of Bone:  A Potential Measure of Post Mortem Interval
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Research Foundation for SUNY at The College at Brockport
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K031
                                                                                        $208,491
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K537
                                                                                        $514,495
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Continuing Professional Education Program in Forensic Anthropology by Syracuse University
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        Syracuse University
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K201
                                                                                        $912,579
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        DENTAGE: A multi-component subadult dental age estimation method
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04433-RESS
                                                                                        $567,920
                                                                                        Open2015
                                                                                        Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Texas at Dallas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-IJ-CX-K014
                                                                                        $639,450
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Detecting and Processing Clandestine Human Remains with Unmanned Aerial Systems and Multispectral Remote Sensing
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0027
                                                                                        $286,468
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Detecting Buried Remains Using Ground Penetrating Radar
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K132
                                                                                        $231,258
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0052
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Determination of Age and Sex from the Human Clavicle: A Geometric Morphometric Approach
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007
                                                                                        The University of Tennessee
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-0004
                                                                                        $20,000
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Determining Fracture Timing from Histological Characteristics of Cortical Bone
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0015
                                                                                        $462,240
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2008
                                                                                        Developing and Validating Regional Taphonomic Standards for the Recovery and Interpretation of Skeletal Remains in Outdoor Settings
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals
                                                                                        University of Maine System acting through Univ. of Maine
                                                                                        ME
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K177
                                                                                        $278,978
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO
                                                                                        $467,325
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        Developing forensic epigenomic age-estimation tools for diverse populations
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0011
                                                                                        $49,653
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standards Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0024
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Miami University
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K011
                                                                                        $547,722
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed
  
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