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: 397
Total Amount Awarded: $258,822,555

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
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
2008	Sam Houston State University Rural Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards	Sam Houston State University	TX	2008-DN-BX-K217	$701,475	Closed
2004	HCME Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004	Harris County	TX	2004-DN-BX-K152	$698,700	Closed
2013	FY2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Dallas County	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Dallas County	TX	2013-DN-BX-0089	$698,382	Closed
2023	Violence and aggression toward teachers among 50 largest school districts: A longitudinal examination of risk factors, negative consequences, and school responses	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-02606-STOP	$697,718	Open
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
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2011-DN-BX-K422	$690,850	Closed
2020	Body mass estimation using bone micro- and macro-structure: a practical approach using CT imaging and computer analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2020-R2-CX-0048	$683,542	Open
2016	Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2016-DN-BX-0154	$682,474	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Dallas County	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Dallas County	TX	2012-DN-BX-0083	$682,135	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
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
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2012-DN-BX-0070	$645,592	Closed
2007	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas System Center for Human Identification, Fiscal Year 2007	NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2007-DN-BX-K088	$640,013	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program/Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2015-DN-BX-0008	$639,942	Closed
2015	Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	2015-IJ-CX-K014	$639,450	Closed
2018	Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2018-MU-BX-0004	$635,430	Past Project Period End Date
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
2015	2015 Coverdell Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Texas	TX	2015-CD-BX-0007	$632,066	Closed
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
2014	2014 Coverdell Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Texas	TX	2014-CD-BX-0031	$592,315	Closed
2015	FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Dallas County (TX)	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Dallas County	TX	2015-DN-BX-0053	$592,042	Closed
2016	Evaluation of The Use of A Contactless, Three-Dimensional Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints from Unidentified Human Remains	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FlashScan3D, LLC	TX	2016-DN-BX-0180	$591,262	Closed
2021	Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF	$590,041	Open
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