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 Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Meeting the Ongoing, Urgent, Unmet Needs of Uvalde Residents After the Robb Elementary School Shooting	NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - University of Texas at Austin Developing More Effective Services and Programs for Victims of Mass Shootings	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-04105-AERX	$1,000,000	Open
2009	Mental Health and Violent Offending in Chicago Youth: A Multilevel Approach	NIJ FY 09 ORE Data Resources Program	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	2009-IJ-CX-0007	$37,490	Closed
2015	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$46,008	Closed
2016	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$46,008	Closed
2017	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$48,907	Closed
2013	Microscopy with Direct Analyte Probe Nanoextraction (DAPNe)-Coupled to Nanospray Mass Spectrometry for Localized Chemical Analysis of Document Inks	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas	TX	2013-R2-CX-K007	$380,986	Closed
2007	Missing Persons and Unidentified Decendents Regional Training for Law Enforcement	NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence	UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth	TX	2007-IJ-CX-K234	$800,000	Closed
2007	Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Squad Solving Cold Cases With DNA	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Montgomery County Texas	TX	2007-DN-BX-K024	$198,581	Closed
2009	Montgomery County Texas Solving Cold Cases with DNA	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Montgomery County Texas	TX	2009-DN-BX-K003	$221,092	Closed
2020	Neurofeedback-Enhanced Trauma Treatment for Adolescents in Residential Treatment	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM	TX	2020-R2-CX-0045	$98,575	Past Project Period End Date
2010	NIJ Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Houston Police Department Crime Lab	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	City of Houston Police Department	TX	2010-DN-BX-K112	$1,143,339	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
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
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
2003	NITRO - National Inmate Telephone Research Operations A meta-database of all prison inmate telephone calls in America with investigator access to help correlate, track, identify and repress criminal	NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation FY 2003	Centralia Systems Inc	TX	2003-IJ-CX-K005	$390,000	Closed
2002	No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Prgram FY 2001	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002	Texas Dept. of Public Safety	TX	2002-DN-BX-K012	$3,379,688	Closed
2003	No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	Texas Dept. of Public Safety	TX	2003-DN-BX-K024	$2,310,198	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
2010	Novel Computer-Assisted Identification Method Using Radiograph Comparison	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Harris County	TX	2010-DN-BX-K194	$366,561	Closed
2019	Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS	TX	2019-R2-CX-0043	$50,000	Closed
2013	Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement	NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making	Texas State University-San Marcos	TX	2013-R2-CX-0003	$377,528	Closed
2010	Opening the Black Box of NIBIN:A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the use of NIBIN and its Effects on Criminal Investigations.	NIJ FY 10 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Science	Sam Houston State University	TX	2010-DN-BX-0001	$341,807	Closed
2014	Operation Cold Case	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Harris County	TX	2014-DN-BX-K072	$215,035	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
2007	Pasadena Crime Lab Forensic Science Improvement Grant	NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Pasadena	TX	2007-CD-BX-0010	$45,543	Closed