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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:** 1,088**Total Amount Awarded:** $250,671,899
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2017
                                                                                        Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0009
                                                                                        $46,094
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-R2-CX-0005
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2017-MU-MU-0042
                                                                                        $532,286
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0186
                                                                                        $311,609
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0137
                                                                                        $286,931
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        The University of Mississippi
                                                                                        MS
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0001
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Security Crystals: NIR-To-NIR Upconverting Nanoparticles for Fingerprint Identification and DNA Extraction
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        SD
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0026
                                                                                        $841,307
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        The development of objective approach to the characterization and interpretation of paint evidence by SEM/EDS
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        MICROTRACE LLC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0027
                                                                                        $594,920
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0025
                                                                                        $698,382
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time at Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-NE-BX-0001
                                                                                        $324,082
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Characterization of personal and condom lubricants using DART-TOFMS and comprehensive-GC-MS
                                                                                        NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0004
                                                                                        $50,000
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Differential Quantitative Analysis of Particles from the Contact Surfaces and Recessed Areas of Footwear
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Stoney Forensic, Inc.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0146
                                                                                        $380,323
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Investigation of a time-effective approach to the discrimination and interpretation of inkjet printer inks using micro Raman spectroscopy
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Sam Houston State University
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0164
                                                                                        $246,838
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0196
                                                                                        $637,735
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        McCrone Research Institute
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0145
                                                                                        $289,126
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        University of Central Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K025
                                                                                        $188,198
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Crime Lab Accreditation and Certification
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        City of Culver City
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2015-CD-BX-0071
                                                                                        $17,245
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Development and Properties of Kernel-Based Methods for the Interpretation and Presentation of Forensic Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        South Dakota State University
                                                                                        SD
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0028
                                                                                        $33,513
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        Northeastern University
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K821
                                                                                        $305,965
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Evaluating the Skin Microbiome ad Trace Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2014-R2-CX-K411
                                                                                        $637,942
                                                                                        Closed
  
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