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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
2010 The Cybercrime and Forensics Institute: Supporting State and Local Law Enforcement in Cybercrime Investigations and Computer Forensics NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards East Stroudsburg University of PA PA 2010-DD-BX-K039 $500,000 Closed
2008 Supporting State and Local Law Enforcement in Cybercrime Investigations and Computer Forensics NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards East Stroudsburg University Center for Research and Economic Development PA 2008-DD-BX-K013 $212,408 Closed
2018 Evaluation of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: Long-Term Outcomes and Sustained Impact Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-JF-FX-0055 $750,000 Closed
2017 Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-CK-BX-0001 $1,081,046 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
2021 Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021 DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS $846,480 Open
2023 A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB $730,834 Awarded, but not yet accepted
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
2008 Allegheny County Police - Audio/Video Forensic Unit 2008 Improvement Project NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program County of Allegheny PA 2008-CD-BX-0065 $95,000 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 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
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2010-DN-BX-K114 $968,799 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA Backlog Reaction Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2013-DN-BX-0114 $1,069,271 Closed
2008 Philadelphia Police- Solving Cold Cases with DNA- 2008 NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Philadelphia PA 2008-DN-BX-K171 $585,678 Closed
2012 FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2012-DN-BX-0109 $1,000,761 Closed
2011 FY 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2011-DN-BX-K425 $1,146,517 Closed
2007 Philadelphia Police- Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Philadelphia PA 2007-DN-BX-K219 $500,000 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program City of Philadelphia PA 2009-DN-BX-K142 $993,589 Closed
2015 The Philadelphia Police Department, Office of Forensic Science, Criminalistics Unit Reduction of Forensic Biology and DNA Case Backlog Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2015-DN-BX-0033 $966,068 Closed
2006 FY06 Philadelphia Police DNA Capacity Enhancement Program NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation City of Philadelphia PA 2006-DN-BX-K158 $516,810 Closed
2006 FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement City of Philadelphia PA 2006-DN-BX-K115 $681,455 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
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Grant FY2005- Philadelphia Police DNA Capacity Enhancement Program City of Philadelphia PA 2005-DA-BX-K104 $382,594 Closed
2005 Philadelphia Police- Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2005-DN-BX-K067 $277,116 Closed
2008 Philadelphia Police- Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Philadelphia PA 2008-CD-BX-0097 $65,600 Closed