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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
2006 Independent Assessment and Evaluation of Less-Lethal Devices NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K013 $200,000 Closed
2022 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $200,000 Open
2007 Cedar Crest College Forensic Science Summer Training Institute NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Cedar Crest College PA 2007-DN-BX-K212 $198,591 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 $194,762 Closed
2008 SIM Card Analysis NIJ FY 08 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals BKForensics PA 2008-CE-CX-K404 $175,000 Closed
2003 No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Pennsylvania State Police PA 2003-DN-BX-K028 $170,000 Closed
2006 Knife and Saw Tool Mark Analysis in Bone: A Manual
Designed for the Examination of Criminal Mutilation and Dismemberment - Phase II 		NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Mercyhurst College PA 2005-IJ-CX-K016 $169,735 Closed
2012 Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Allegheny PA 2012-DN-BX-K012 $169,536 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 $152,680 Closed
2006 International Requirements and Standards Development NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K040 $150,000 Closed
2003 PA NFSIA 2003 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program) Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2003-DN-BX-0083 $149,997 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
2006 Organizational Learning and Islamic Extremism NIJ FY06 ORE Terrorism The Pennsylvania State University PA 2006-IJ-CX-0025 $148,862 Closed
2003 A Software System for Information Extraction in Criminal Justice Information Systems NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation FY 2003 Lehigh University PA 2003-IJ-CX-K003 $147,869 Closed
2016 Applying Promising Evidence to New Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of Summer Jobs in Philadelphia New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2016-R2-CX-0049 $147,210 Closed
2003 Equipment for the PSP Laboratory System National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Pennsylvania State Police PA 2003-DN-BX-0042 $139,474 Closed
2023 We Met Them Where They Are, But Is It Enough? A Qualitative Examination Of A Co-Response Outreach Program Servicing Vulnerable Populations in Philadelphia NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01930-RESS $136,485 Open
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program FY 2005Pennsylvania State Police Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2005-DN-BX-K100 $136,308 Closed
2004 The Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group Expedited Review Project National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-DD-BX-0003 $132,945 Closed
2015 An Interactive Morphological Database for Estimating Sex in Modern Adults NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Mercyhurst University PA 2015-DN-BX-K014 $126,871 Closed
2006 CJIEP Evaluation NIJ FY06 Information-led Policing Research, Technology Development and Testing and Evaluation Solicitation: Invited Full Applications County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania PA 2006-IJ-CX-K027 $122,287 Closed
2004 The Collection and Dissemination of LTL Databases to the Law Enforcement Community FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K039 $113,481 Closed
2004 Crime Gun Risk Factors: The Impact of Dealer, Firearm, Transaction, and Buyer Characteristics on the Likelihood of Gun Use in Crime Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-IJ-CX-0030 $103,514 Closed
2006 Upgrading Current DNA Technology to Expand Throughput Capacity by Acquiring Multichannel Electrophoresis Unit and Expanding LIMS NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Allegheny County PA 2006-DN-BX-K217 $102,588 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DA-BX-K110 $101,627 Closed