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
2012	Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Texas	TX	2012-CD-BX-0042	$587,586	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
2011	Extending the Microbial Forensic Toolkit Through Whole Genome Sequencing and Statistical Phylogenomics	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2011-DN-BX-K534	$581,213	Closed
2020	Violence against Teachers in the 50 Largest U.S. School Districts: Predictors, Consequences, and School Responses	Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	TX	2020-CK-BX-0004	$579,041	Open
2009	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fiscal Year 2009	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2009-DN-BX-K058	$573,781	Closed
2005	Universtity of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program, Fiscal Year 2005	Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2005-DN-BX-K127	$561,747	Closed
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
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
2015	Proteomic and microRNA markers of fly development: Stable correlates of insect age to improve forensic entomology casework	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Texas A&M AgriLife Research	TX	2015-DN-BX-K020	$546,742	Open
2013	2013 Coverdell Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Texas	TX	2013-CD-BX-0051	$542,367	Closed
2016	Investigating upper thermal limits of forensically important blow flies to improve testimony in forensic entomology	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH	TX	2016-DN-BX-0204	$540,545	Closed
2019	Crime and Victimization on the US-Mexico Border: A Comparison of Legal Residents, Illegal Residents and Native-Born Citizens	Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO	TX	2019-R2-CX-0054	$521,702	Past Project Period End Date
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	NIJ FY12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	City of Houston Police Department	TX	2011-DN-BX-0002	$515,000	Closed
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
2004	Houston Police Department Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2004	Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004	City of Houston	TX	2004-DN-BX-K114	$509,479	Closed
2006	FY2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County	NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement	Harris County	TX	2006-DN-BX-K111	$508,498	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
2008	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	County of Harris, Texas	TX	2008-DN-BX-K312	$506,528	Closed
2004	Reduction in backlog of forensic evidence.	PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 - F	State of Texas	TX	2004-DN-BX-0175	$505,408	Closed
2008	Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement---Harris COunty, Texas Medical Examiner''s Office	NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement	County of Harris, Texas	TX	2008-DN-BX-K190	$504,000	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Texas Department of Public Safety.	NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	State of Texas	TX	2009-DN-BX-K021	$503,885	Closed
2006	2006 DNA Capacity Enhancement Project	NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation	Dallas County	TX	2006-DN-BX-K171	$502,447	Closed
2008	2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Texas Office of the Governor	TX	2008-DN-BX-K169	$500,000	Closed
2001	The Context, Motives and Meaning of Partner Violence	An Empirical Examination of a Theory of Women's Use	University of North Texas	TX	2001-WT-BX-0504	$499,960	Closed