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.

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Number of Awards: 147
Total Amount Awarded: $96,828,206

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2008	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
2005	Measuring atomic bomb-derived 14C levels in human remains to determine the Year of Birth and/or Year of Death	General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications	Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona	AZ	2005-IJ-CX-K013	$147,391	Closed
2018	Stable Isotope Analysis as a Geospatial Tool for Identification: Intra-Individual Isotopic Variability	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	2018-DU-BX-0217	$570,624	Past Project Period End Date
2019	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	Open
2014	Isotopic Taphonomy of Human Remains	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2014-DN-BX-K002	$462,226	Closed
2021	Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO	$567,682	Open
2019	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	Closed
2023	Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED	NV	15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS	$111,000	Open
2016	The Combination of Cranial Morphoscopic and Dental Morphological Methods to Improve the Forensic Estimation of Ancestry	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Board of Regents, NSHE obo University of Nevada, Reno	NV	2016-DN-BX-0003	$31,974	Closed
2017	Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada Reno	NV	2015-DN-BX-K409	$404,255	Open
2010	Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2010-DN-BX-K231	$483,323	Closed
2023	Evaluation of Target Enrichment for SNP Genotyping of Skeletal Remains	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-04224-RESS	$659,287	Open
2016	Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES	CA	2016-DN-BX-0159	$866,896	Past Project Period End Date
2009	Microscopic Analysis of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone and Cartilage	NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	City of New York	NY	2009-DN-BX-K238	$45,078	Closed
2010	Estimation of Age at Death using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2010-DN-BX-K035	$114,263	Closed
2010	Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2010-DN-BX-K131	$348,511	Closed
2014	Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains	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-K014	$588,326	Closed
2015	Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner	NY	2015-DN-BX-K040	$277,667	Closed
2020	GIS Application for Building a Nationally Representative Forensic Taphonomy Database	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	CLEMSON UNIVERSITY	SC	2020-DQ-BX-0025	$457,536	Open
2015	Measuring desiccation: A system using bioelectrical impedance analysis	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Colorado Mesa University	CO	2015-DN-BX-K015	$256,951	Closed
2017	Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2016-DN-BX-4194	$684,273	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2019-DU-BX-0010	$390,748	Closed
2008	HCME Anthropology Division Metric Research in Forensic Cutmark Interpretation	NIJ FY 08 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Sciences	County of Hrris, Texas	TX	2008-NI-CX-0004	$5,120	Closed
2010	Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	County of Hrris, Texas	TX	2010-DN-BX-K235	$26,409	Closed
2018	OSTEOID, A New Forensic Tool: Developing a Practical Online Resource for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER	IA	2018-DU-BX-0229	$185,453	Closed