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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:** 1,090**Total Amount Awarded:** $261,810,156
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort ascending
                                                  Status2012
                                                                                        Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $574,868
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FFY08 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2008-CD-BX-0046
                                                                                        $572,110
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant (FY2005)
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
                                                                                        Florida Department of Law Enforcement
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-0073
                                                                                        $564,253
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        2007 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        2007-CD-BX-0082
                                                                                        $559,385
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Forensic tool to identify fall characteristics in infant skull fracture
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0014
                                                                                        $557,607
                                                                                        Open2012
                                                                                        Development and Validation of a New Pediatric Head Injury Assessment Tool for Possible Child Abuse Cases Considering Subject-Specific Child Head Anatomy
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of Michigan
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K045
                                                                                        $549,859
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Proteomic and microRNA markers of fly development: Stable correlates of insect age to improve forensic entomology casework
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        Texas A&M AgriLife Research
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K020
                                                                                        $546,742
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        Identification of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel candidate trigger for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0176
                                                                                        $546,721
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        2013 Coverdell Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        State of Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2013-CD-BX-0051
                                                                                        $542,367
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Investigating upper thermal limits of forensically important blow flies to improve testimony in forensic entomology
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0204
                                                                                        $540,545
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Advancing Molecular Diagnostics in Sudden Unexplained Deaths
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K001
                                                                                        $540,178
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0031
                                                                                        $536,181
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2015
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        FY11 Paul Coverdell
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
                                                                                        New Jersey Department of Law And Public Safety
                                                                                        NJ
                                                                                        2011-CD-BX-0040
                                                                                        $533,881
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0012
                                                                                        $530,242
                                                                                        Open2008
                                                                                        Coroner Investigations of Suspicious Elder Deaths
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of California
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2008-MU-MU-0021
                                                                                        $526,985
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        State of Michigan
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-4019
                                                                                        $521,412
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Base funding to improve timeliness of service delivery and reduce casework backlogs in the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division's laboratory system.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        State of Michigan
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-0019
                                                                                        $521,412
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        State of Georgia - FY 2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program
                                                                                        Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2009-CD-BX-0033
                                                                                        $504,854
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement---Harris COunty, Texas Medical Examiner''s Office
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement
                                                                                        County of Harris, Texas
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K190
                                                                                        $504,000
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        A Forensic Pathology Tool to Predict Pediatric Skull Fracture Patterns
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-K196
                                                                                        $499,824
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Investigation of a novel approach to forensic analysis using neutron imaging techniques
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
                                                                                        Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)
                                                                                        
                                                                                        2008-IJ-R-134-1
                                                                                        $499,261
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2013-DN-BX-K004
                                                                                        $498,616
                                                                                        Closed
  
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