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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.
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State: PA

Number of Awards: 243
Total Amount Awarded: $124,679,212

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2008 Enhancing Scene Processing Protocols to Improve Victim Identification and Field Detection of Human Remains at Mass Fatality Scenes NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Mercyhurst College PA 2008-DN-BX-K133 $282,540 Closed
2004 PA NFSIA 2004 PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 - F Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2004-DN-BX-0009 $282,550 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2010-DN-BX-K065 $283,541 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2009-DN-BX-K125 $283,882 Closed
2014 Pennsylvania's 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement application NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2014-CD-BX-0010 $286,073 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2012-DN-BX-0055 $290,221 Closed
2012 Pennsylvania's 2012 Coverdell Program NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2012-CD-BX-0038 $291,631 Closed
2008 A Radiographic Database for Estimating Biological Parameters in Modern Subadults NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Mercyhurst College PA 2008-DN-BX-K152 $293,924 Closed
2013 FY13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2013-DN-BX-0085 $294,049 Closed
2016 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2016-DN-BX-0171 $295,249 Closed
2002 Proficiency Testing and Procedure Validation for FDEs Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Drexel University PA 2002-LT-BX-K008 $296,226 Closed
2000 Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsiblity for Child CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2000-IJ-CX-0002 $297,208 Closed
2013 Measuring Success in Focused Deterrence NIJ FY 13 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Parterships TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2013-IJ-CX-0056 $298,264 Closed
1996 Identifying Correlates of Police Deviance: An Empirical Study of Police Corruption and Brutality in New York (1975-1996) Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms & Incarceration on Family Structure The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1996-IJ-CX-0053 $298,719 Closed
2018 Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2018-75-CX-0039 $299,529 Past Project Period End Date
2005 International Requirements and Standards Development and Less-Lethal Technology Evaluation - ARL PSU Prop 13255, PI - Ed Hughes NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K040 $300,000 Closed
2004 Independent Assessment and Evaluation of Less-Lethal Devices National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K013 $300,000 Closed
2015 Forensic Services Accreditation and Certification Continuum NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2015-CD-BX-0015 $305,272 Closed
2006 Investigating the Simultaneous Effects of Individual, Program and Neighborhood Attributes on Juvenile Recidivism Using GIS and Spatial Data Mining NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2006-IJ-CX-0022 $316,712 Closed
2004 City of Philadelphia DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 City of Philadelphia PA 2004-DN-BX-K094 $329,313 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2011-DN-BX-K419 $341,929 Closed
2004 Pennsylvania Task Force on Prison Overcrowding National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania PA 2004-IJ-CX-0007 $347,725 Closed
2008 This project will test, with a randomized controlled trial, an intensive community supervision strategy for probationers and parolees who are at extremely high risk of committing homicidal acts. NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2008-IJ-CX-0024 $350,000 Closed
2009 Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services: Survivors' Experiences NIJ FY09 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence PA 2009-IJ-CX-0027 $350,000 Closed
2015 Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning From Criminal Justice System Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review of Process in Philadelphia NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2015-R2-CX-K040 $351,052 Open