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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

Number of Awards: 397
Total Amount Awarded: $258,822,555

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 Closed
2012 "Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation" NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-IJ-CX-0016 $24,988 Closed
2014 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $3,750,000 Closed
2012 Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K033 $747,797 Closed
2014 Novel Collection Device for Enhanced DNA Recovery and Release from Biological Stain Samples NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-DN-BX-K033 $487,884 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 Closed
2014 Development of a brief elder abuse and neglect screener for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-MU-CX-0102 $369,039 Closed
2012 NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K057 $1,925,000 Closed
2013 Development of improved insertion-deletion assays for human and ancestral identifications from degraded samples NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K036 $329,233 Closed
2015 Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K068 $719,633 Closed
2015 Enhancing Mixture Interpretation with Highly Informative STRs NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K067 $585,415 Closed
2015 Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-NE-BX-K006 $589,701 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K070 $2,238,750 Closed