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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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State: TX,
District: 12

Number of Awards: 69
Total Amount Awarded: $88,606,293

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODI National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2007-DN-BX-K200 $1,400,000 Closed
2008 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fiscal Year 2008 NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K059 $495,826 Closed
2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Scienc Center, Fiscal Year 2006 NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2006-DN-BX-K056 $155,314 Closed
2005 Developing Improved Capacity for the Texas Missing Persons Cases & Fort Worth aea casework in Sexual Assault & Homicide Cases by UNT Health Science Center DNA Identity Lab DNA Capacity Enhancement Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2005-DA-BX-K095 $283,868 Closed
2004 Field test of current technology used in the identification of unidentified remains. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K214 $249,902 Closed
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 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 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
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
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
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
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement - University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Laboratory for Molecular Identification NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K192 $601,632 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing ' University of North Texas Health Science Center NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K157 $2,552,511 Closed
2012 Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2012-IJ-CX-0017 $25,000 Closed
2009 Improved Tools and Interpretation Guidelines for Examining Limited Low Copy Number DNA Obtained from Degraded Single Source Samples: Bones, Teeth, and Hairs NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K188 $935,992 Closed
2009 2009 UNTHSC Training Proposal NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K184 $886,958 Closed
2010 Addressing Quality and Quantity; the Role of DNA Repair and Whole Genome Amplification in Forensically Relevant Samples NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K227 $363,613 Closed
2007 Missing Persons and Unidentified Decendents Regional Training for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2007-IJ-CX-K234 $800,000 Closed
2010 Comprehensive Training Program in Forensic DNA Interpretation and Statistics. NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K239 $999,481 Closed