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 Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2014	Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures	NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Texas State University	TX	2014-IJ-CX-0037	$389,690	Closed
2014	Operation Cold Case	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Harris County	TX	2014-DN-BX-K072	$215,035	Closed
2011	Learning Models for Predictive Behavioral Intent and Activity Analysis in Wide Area Video Surveillance	NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	University of Houston	TX	2009-MU-MU-K004	$249,711	Closed
2011	Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice and Technology-Evaluation of Low-Cost Aviation Options for Law Enforcement	NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Sheriffs Association of Texas	TX	2009-IJ-CX-K017	$150,000	Closed
2014	Development of a brief elder abuse and neglect screener for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2014-MU-CX-0102	$369,039	Closed
2013	Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013	NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2013-DN-BX-K012	$800,000	Closed
2013	Project to Identify Cold Case Decedents	NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Harris County, Texas	TX	2013-DN-BX-K013	$159,658	Closed
2014	PSJA ISD Safe School Research Initiative	NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe	Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District	TX	2014-CK-BX-0015	$4,137,035	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
2014	Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains from Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2014-DN-BX-K009	$495,853	Closed
2014	Evaluation of The Use of A Non-Contact, 3D Scanner for Collecting Postmortem Fingerprints	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FlashScan3D, LLC	TX	2014-IJ-CX-K003	$364,830	Closed
2014	Development of Heated Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Profiling of Marjuana	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2014-R2-CX-K005	$166,347	Closed
2012	Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2012-DN-BX-K033	$747,797	Closed
2012	Improved Detection of Synthetic Cathinones ("Bath Salts")in Forensic Toxicology Samples	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2012-R2-CX-K003	$190,227	Closed
2014	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$3,750,000	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
2012	Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals	NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Texas State University San Marcos	TX	2011-DN-BX-K838	$417,595	Closed
2012	Support for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program	NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth	TX	2011-MU-BX-K063	$2,700,000	Closed
2014	Research on Offender Decision-Making and Desistance From Crime	NIJ FY 14 Research on Offender Decision Making and Desistance from Crime	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	2014-R2-CX-0009	$363,848	Closed
2013	Learning Models for Predictive Behavioral Intent and Activity Analysis in Wide Area Video Surveillance	NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	University of Houston	TX	2009-MU-MU-K004	$215,356	Closed
2013	Long-Term Stability of Synthetic Cathinones in Forensic Toxicology Samples	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2013-R2-CX-K006	$180,384	Closed
2013	Characterization of Performance-Enhancing Peptides via Inlet Ionization on DART-TOF/MS	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Harris County, TX	TX	2013-DN-BX-K020	$80,765	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
2013	Preservation & High Throughput Methods for Human Tissue Samples in Tropical Climates; An Improved DVI Approach	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Sam Houston State University	TX	2013-DN-BX-K034	$170,889	Closed
2013	Development of improved insertion-deletion assays for human and ancestral identifications from degraded samples	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	2013-DN-BX-K036	$329,233	Closed