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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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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2019
                                                                                        Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-NE-BX-0004
                                                                                        $175,791
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0046
                                                                                        $743,927
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0041
                                                                                        $469,468
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0049
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0045
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0039
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0025
                                                                                        $808,296
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks
                                                                                        GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0005
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0009
                                                                                        $453,146
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0045
                                                                                        $878,274
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0051
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Probabilistic Genotyping for Microhaplotypes
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0023
                                                                                        $192,764
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0028
                                                                                        $395,773
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0003
                                                                                        $399,699
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-NE-BX-0005
                                                                                        $169,628
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0027
                                                                                        $436,934
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0024
                                                                                        $466,886
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0004
                                                                                        $205,963
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $4,288,461
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0029
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0005
                                                                                        $444,723
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2020-DQ-BX-0014
                                                                                        $747,384
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date
  
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