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: 43
Total Amount Awarded: $64,359,433

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-04213-DNAX	$759,008	Open
2023	Optimizing New STRs for Enhanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-04214-RESS	$513,529	Open
2022	DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU	$650,390	Open
2021	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)		UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$3,341,165	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS	$484,798	Closed
2021	Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO	$377,311	Open
2020	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$4,288,461	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2020-DQ-BX-0005	$444,723	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Genetic distance to improve human identification from the skin microbiome	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2020-R2-CX-0046	$81,058	Closed
2020	Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2020-DQ-BX-0018	$198,362	Closed
2019	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ FY19 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$5,500,000	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2019-DU-BX-0046	$743,927	Closed
2018	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$5,000,000	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2018-DU-BX-0177	$694,525	Closed
2018	DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing for Forensic Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2018-DU-BX-0179	$634,973	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$7,455,832	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2017-DN-BX-0134	$556,910	Closed
2016	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)	National Missing and Unidentified Persons System	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$4,700,000	Past Project Period End Date
2015	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$5,000,000	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2015-DN-BX-0057	$507,165	Closed
2013	Application for Continuation Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	NIJ FY 13 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$2,250,000	Closed
2013	FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2013-DN-BX-0062	$518,302	Closed
2012	FY 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2012-DN-BX-0050	$548,144	Closed
2012	Support for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$2,700,000	Closed
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-DN-BX-K408	$654,539	Closed