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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.

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 "FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program" - Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Hamilton County OH 2015-DN-BX-0093 $164,327 Closed
2008 "FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Florida Department of Law Enforcement" NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Florida Department of Law Enforcement FL 2008-DN-BX-K055 $3,802,869 Closed
2007 "FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Illinois State Police NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Illinois State Police IL 2007-DN-BX-K125 $2,273,278 Closed
2006 "FY 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Arkansas State Crime Laboratory" NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2006-DN-BX-K042 $73,128 Closed
2006 "Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program"U.S. Department of JusticeNational Institute of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2006-DN-BX-K148 $478,218 Closed
2005 "Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2005-Illinois State Police" Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Illinois State Police IL 2005-DN-BX-K123 $1,175,886 Closed
2004 "Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant FY 2004"U.S. Department of Justice - National Institute of JusticeArkansas State Crime Laboratory Fiscal Year: July 1, 2004 through J Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2004-DN-BX-K159 $320,550 Closed
2007 "Finding Victims of Human Trafficking" NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review National Opinion Research Center (NORC) IL 2007-VT-BX-0001 $293,198 Closed
2010 "Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists" NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2010-DN-BX-K177 $499,804 Closed
2023 "Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis" NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04240-RESS $335,595 Open
2005 "DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY2005-Illinois State Police" DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Illinois State Police IL 2005-DA-BX-K053 $1,309,335 Closed
2004 "DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant FY 2004"
U.S. Department of Justice - National Institute of Justice
Arkansas Fiscal Year: July 1, 2004 June 30, 2005 		DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2004-DN-BX-K064 $233,618 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
2005 "Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) FY2005 - Illinois State Police" Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Illinois State Police IL 2005-DN-BX-K045 $80,094 Closed
2004 "Clearing the Shelves"
Kentucky State Police Backlog Reduction Program 		Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Commonwealth of Kentucky KY 2004-DN-BX-K130 $455,067 Closed
2010 "Bones in Boxes": Unidentified Human Remains Project NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Charleston County SC 2010-DN-BX-K129 $62,176 Closed