RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
Total received in grants · trailing 12 months
$85M
$1for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
0.0%of all $401.9B in tracked grants
10separate grants, trailing 12 months
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE has received $85M across 10 federal grants of $1M or more on record.
Data as of August 5, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps. This is not a real-time or complete record.
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| Agency | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | NEW CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT DSEC | $47,735,654 |
| Department of Justice | THE ACCUMULATION OF UNSUBMITTED SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS (SAKS) IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT LEADS TO THE DELAY, AND IN SOME CASES THE DENIAL, OF JUSTICE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF EVIDENCE FROM SEXUALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENT CRIMES RESULTS IN MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY AND APPREHEND VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS. THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE (BJA) ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT INITIATIVE (SAKI) TO CREATE A COORDINATED, COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE SAKI PROGRAM HAS ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL NETWORK OF 82 SAKI GRANTEE JURISDICTIONS, 30 OF WHICH ARE STATEWIDE SITES, ALL DEDICATED TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE, IMPROVED RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. SAKI RESEARCH AND METRICS INDICATE A HIGH LEVEL OF RECIDIVISM AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT SEXUAL ASSAULTS, AND THEIR RECIDIVISM INCLUDES THE COMMISSION OF OTHER TYPES OF VIOLENT CRIMES. ACKNOWLEDGING THIS LINK BETWEEN SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES, THE SAKI PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE NATIONAL COLD CASE INITIATIVE. THE NEWLY EXPANDED SAKI PROGRAM ENSURES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE THAT FURTHER SUPPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE REFORM. RTI INTERNATIONAL HAS SUCCESSFULLY LED THE SAKI TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TTA) PROGRAM SINCE THE PROGRAMS INCEPTION IN 2015. AS A TRUSTED PARTNER WITH BJA, RTI WILL DELIVER AN ENHANCED, SCALABLE, AND RESPONSIVE SAKI SITE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY ABLE TO MEET THE NEW OBJECTIVES OF AN EXPANDED SAKI PROGRAM. RTI WILL LEAD SAKI TTA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FY19 SAKI TTA PROVIDER, THE FY23 PA2 TTA PROVIDER, AND A TEAM OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. OUR APPROACH FOSTERS SOLUTIONS THAT ENCOMPASS CROSS-AGENCY COORDINATION AND TRAINING, ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS THAT SUPPORT VICTIM ENGAGEMENT AND HEALING, TECHNICAL STRATEGIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORYING AND TRACKING OF BOTH UNSUBMITTED EVIDENCE AND LAWFULLY OWED DNA, AND USE OF NATIONAL DATABASES SUCH AS THE COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM (CODIS) AND THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM (VICAP). RTI WILL DELIVER RESPONSIVE, TIMELY, AND CUSTOMIZED TTA TO SAKI SITES, NATIONAL TRAINING FOR GRANTEES, AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES VIA THE SAKI TTA WEBSITE, ALL TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. FURTHERMORE, RTI WILL COLLABORATE WITH SAKI SITES TO CONFIRM EFFECTIVE AND STRATEGIC USE OF MULTIPLE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT FUNDING VEHICLES AND PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE METRIC DATA DEMONSTRATING THE NATIONAL IMPACT OF THE SAKI TTA PROGRAM TO INFORM KEY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VALUE OF TTA AND JUSTIFY CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR AN EXPANDED SAKI PROGRAM. | $8,000,000 |
| Department of Justice | THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE (BJA) SUPPORTS STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WITH MEETING THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF FORENSIC SERVICES THROUGH SEVERAL FORENSIC SCIENCE GRANT PROGRAMS. AGENCIES RELY ON THESE PROGRAMS TO MEET CRIMINAL JUSTICE OBJECTIVES SUCH AS IMPROVING CASE OUTCOMES, STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND REBUILDING TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND STRATEGIC USE OF THESE PROGRAMS, BJA CREATED THE FORENSICS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TTA) PROGRAM. RTI INTERNATIONAL IS A TRUSTED TTA PARTNER TO BJA AND WILL BUILD ON THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM LEADING THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT INITIATIVE TTA PROGRAM TO ASSIST THE FORENSIC PROGRAM GRANTEES WITH IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE POLICIES ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES. RTI’S DEMONSTRATED TTA MODEL COMBINES EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND PRACTITIONER-BASED STRATEGIES RESULTING IN TTA RESOURCES THAT ARE PRACTITIONER CENTRIC AND EASILY IMPLEMENTED. THESE RESOURCES WILL SUPPORT GRANTEES WITH CREATING SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES FOR THE PROVISION OF FORENSIC SERVICES. AS A RESPECTED PARTNER TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CORONER, AND CRIME LABORATORY COMMUNITIES, RTI UNDERSTANDS THAT GRANTEES MUST ADDRESS MULTIPLE CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT DEMANDS AND THEREFORE, CREATING COHESIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT FORENSIC TESTING OF CASEWORK, LABORATORY CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IS OFTEN MET WITH CHALLENGES AT THE DISCIPLINE, AGENCY, AND INTER-AGENCY LEVEL. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, RTI’S TTA MODEL INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: CREATING A SUSTAINABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, UNDERSTANDING CASE CONNECTIVITY, PROVIDING TRAINING FOR ADVANCED DNA TESTING INCLUDING FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY AND DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES. TO ENSURE RELEVANT AND TIMELY TTA RESOURCES, THE MODEL LEVERAGES COLLABORATION BETWEEN AN ADVISORY BOARD, COMPOSED OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FORENSIC ORGANIZATIONS; TTACOACHES COMPOSED OF RTI STAFF WHO ARE FORMER SCIENTISTS AND PRACTITIONERS; AND A CADRE OF RESPECTED, STATURED, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. THIS CONSORTIUM OF EXPERTS WILL ASSIST GRANTEES WITH APPROACHES THAT EFFECTIVELY USE FUNDING, REDUCE REDUNDANCIES, AND OPTIMIZE FORENSIC SERVICES. TO INFORM STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR PROGRAM SUCCESS, THE RTI TTA TEAM WILL COLLECT AND EVALUATE PERFORMANCE METRIC DATA. COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE METRIC COLLECTION INFORMS STAKEHOLDERS, DEMONSTRATES IMPACT, AND PROVIDES JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUED PROGRAM SUPPORT AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY TO BJA PROGRAM DOLLARS INVESTED. IN SUMMARY, RTI WILL ASSIST BJA WITH ACCURATELY ASSESSING BOTH THE NEW FORENSICS TTA PROGRAM AND THE EXISTING FORENSIC PROGRAMS, THEREBY STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE. | $6,500,000 |
| Department of Defense | PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK FOR TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS AND OTHER NON-PAIN CONDITIONS | $4,805,921 |
| Department of Energy | INTENSIFIED WATER-LEAN SOLVENT CO2 CAPTURE SYSTEM FOR CEMENT FLUE GAS | $4,500,000 |
| Department of Education | IES TESTING THE EFFICACY OF KIBO - RESUBMISSION | $3,799,853 |
| Department of Energy | INTEGRATED SEPARATIONS TO IMPROVE BIOCRUDE RECOVERY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS | $3,690,002 |
| Department of Education | HIGH SCHOOL CTE CREDENTIALS AND POSTSECONDARY OUTCOMES IN PENNSYLVANIA: IMPLEMENTATION, IMPACT, AND COST | $2,144,590 |
| Department of Energy | A CORN STOVER PYROLYSIS PATHWAY FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL | $2,000,000 |
| Department of Justice | THE FY 2023 SURVEY OF PRISON INMATES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (SPIRD) PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED TO PREPARE AN INMATE QUESTIONNAIRE AND DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS THAT CAN BE USED TO PRODUCE NATIONAL STATISTICS ABOUT THE U.S. PRISON POPULATION TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION AND CHANGES OVER TIME. REGULAR, RECURRING, NATIONAL-LEVEL DATA COLLECTIONS OF PEOPLE IN PRISONS HAVE BEEN FIELDED BY THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (BJS) SINCE 1974; THE MOST RECENT SURVEY OF PRISON INMATES (SPI) WAS CONDUCTED IN 2016. THROUGH THE SPIRD, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED TO UPDATE AND TEST THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT USED FOR THE 2016 SPI, EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH SAMPLE MEMBERS VIRTUALLY, TEST PROTOCOLS TO OBTAIN CONSENT TO LINK SURVEY DATA TO ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, AND DEVELOP A PLAN THAT CAN BE USED TO CONDUCT THE NEXT SPI. A DRAFT QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN RELATED TO BJS SURVEYS OF PERSONS IN PRISONS AND THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. COGNITIVE TESTING OF THE DRAFT INSTRUMENT WILL BE DONE TO REFINE CONTENT AND ENSURE RESPONDENT COMPREHENSION OF AND ABILITY TO ANSWER THE SURVEY QUESTIONS. ONCE THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS FINALIZED, A FIELD TEST OF THE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH 1,500 SAMPLED INDIVIDUALS ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 30 STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONS NATIONWIDE. THE FIELD TEST WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONFIRM THAT RESPONDENT BURDEN AVERAGES BETWEEN 45 AND 60 MINUTES. IN ADDITION, CONSENT PROTOCOLS THAT DESCRIBE THE COMPONENTS OF THE SPIRD DESIGN IN LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER LITERACY LEVELS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED AS PART OF THE FIELD TEST. BASED ON THE FIELD TEST FINDINGS, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY PLAN FOR THE NEXT SPI WILL BE PREPARED. | $1,993,175 |