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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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Subtopic: Investigations

Number of Awards: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $139,905,300

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2008 Missing Persons DNA Program Unidentified Person Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing California Department of Justice CA 2008-DN-BX-K153 $407,075 Closed
2009 Missing Persons DNA Program Unidentified Person Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing California Department of Justice CA 2009-DN-BX-K032 $395,975 Closed
2013 Computer Vision for Efficient 3D Crime-Accident Scene Reconstruction NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K006 $149,875 Closed
2018 Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police Signaling on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OH 2018-VA-CX-0002 $714,199 Closed
2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charles County Government MD 2012-DN-BX-K030 $246,440 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
2008 Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charlotte, City of NC 2008-DN-BX-K411 $197,245 Closed
2011 CMPD Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charlotte, City of NC 2011-DN-BX-K525 $485,777 Closed
2012 A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Chicago, City of IL 2012-DN-BX-K004 $499,565 Closed
2010 City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department FY2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City And County of Denver CO 2010-DN-BX-K004 $596,273 Closed
2012 2012 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K007 $499,818 Closed
2014 2014 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2014-DN-BX-K073 $125,000 Closed
2009 Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory Bureau - Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver; Denver Police Department CO 2009-DN-BX-K012 $530,642 Closed
2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA - San Francisco NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City And County of San Francisco CA 2010-DN-BX-K015 $424,107 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Albuquerque NM 2005-DN-BX-K014 $75,014 Closed
2010 Cold Cases/DNA Project, Annapolis Police Department NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Annapolis MD 2010-DN-BX-K137 $221,177 Closed
2012 FY12 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Boston MA 2012-DN-BX-K005 $314,372 Closed
2009 FY2009 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City Of Boston MA 2009-DN-BX-K253 $491,265 Closed
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 Closed
2009 City of Charleston Police Department Cold Case Task Force NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Charleston Police Department SC 2009-DN-BX-K303 $299,201 Closed
2009 Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications. NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2009-DN-BX-K194 $743,000 Closed
2007 Chicago Police Department " Solving Cold Cases With DNA Initiative" NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2007-DN-BX-K025 $498,579 Closed
2014 Clearwater Cold Case Team Project 2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Clearwater FL 2014-DN-BX-K086 $30,671 Closed
2009 Colorado Springs Police Department Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Colorado Springs CO 2009-DN-BX-K004 $464,724 Closed
2007 Cold No More Program NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Detroit MI 2007-DN-BX-K137 $500,000 Closed