This money ( being in UK currency} makes it way larger than any single university US program funding by a power of about 30. The US NIJ should wake up and pay attention. This is a much better investment than some of the peanut sized grants offered on this side of the pond.

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2015/10m-award-to-establish-leverhulme-centre-for-forensic-science-at-dundee.php