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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: PA

Number of Awards: 243
Total Amount Awarded: $124,679,212

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Improving the Understanding and the Reliability of the Concept of "Sufficiency" in Friction ridge Examination NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-DN-BX-K267 $479,412 Closed
2022 Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU $485,938 Open
2023 Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU $492,810 Open
2013 Impact Evaluation of the Projecting Violent Re-Offending in a Parole Population: Developing a Real-Time Forecasting Procedure to Inform Parole Decision-Making Project NIJ FY 13 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole PA 2009-IJ-CX-0044 $51,073 Closed
2010 Immigrant Concentration and Homicide Mortality: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Effects of Ethnic Enclaves NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2010-IJ-CX-0003 $25,000 Closed
2019 Illegal Immigration, Immigration Enforcement Policies, and American Citizens’ Victimization Risk Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PA 2019-R2-CX-0057 $673,685 Past Project Period End Date
1996 Identifying Correlates of Police Deviance: An Empirical Study of Police Corruption and Brutality in New York (1975-1996) Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms & Incarceration on Family Structure The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1996-IJ-CX-0053 $413,328 Closed
1996 Identifying Correlates of Police Deviance: An Empirical Study of Police Corruption and Brutality in New York (1975-1996) Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms & Incarceration on Family Structure The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1996-IJ-CX-0053 $298,719 Closed
2017 Identifying and Informing Strategies for Disrupting Drug Distribution Networks: An Application to Opiate Flows in Pennsylvania NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2017-IJ-CX-0017 $990,002 Closed
2008 Identifying and Communicating Genetic Determinants of Facial Features:Practical Considerations in Forensic Molecular Photofitting NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals The Pennsylvania State University PA 2008-DN-BX-K125 $500,000 Closed
2019 Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2019-DU-BX-0020 $412,100 Closed
2013 Identification and Prevalence Determination of Novel Recreational Drugs and Discovery of Their Metabolites in Blood, Urine and Oral Fluid NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education PA 2013-DN-BX-K018 $225,610 Closed
2016 High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-DN-BX-0153 $397,643 Closed
2007 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints, and Hand Geometry National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $760,000 Closed
2004 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints and Hand Geometry FAST CAPTURE FINGERPRINT/PALM PRINT TECHNOLOGY Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $773,341 Closed
2002 Geographic Tools to Improve Officer Safety in Correctional I The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 2002-MU-MU-0016 $397,394 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA BAcklog Reduction Program-Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2013-DN-BX-0097 $1,359,857 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA Backlog Reaction Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2013-DN-BX-0114 $1,069,271 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2012-DN-BX-0055 $290,221 Closed
2012 FY2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2012-DN-BX-0059 $1,400,794 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State police NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2009-DN-BX-K133 $1,088,216 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2009-DN-BX-K125 $283,882 Closed
2006 FY2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program -Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Pennsylvania State Police PA 2006-DN-BX-K202 $871,914 Closed
2006 FY2006 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In House Analysis) - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Pennsylvania State Police PA 2006-DN-BX-K243 $953,203 Closed
2013 FY13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2013-DN-BX-0085 $294,049 Closed