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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: Cold cases

Number of Awards: 251
Total Amount Awarded: $113,116,552

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cold Case Review Team NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2014-DN-BX-K083 $90,000 Closed
2010 Wisconsin Cold Case Initiative - Resolving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2010-DN-BX-K010 $506,323 Closed
2008 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2008-DN-BX-K196 $499,989 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2005-DN-BX-K011 $122,692 Closed
2001 Forensic ID Training and Research Resources at WVU National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K003 $1,647,583 Closed
2003 West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative Proposals for FY02 Funds National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K003 $4,000,000 Closed
2008 NIJ Proposal to Enhance Methods for Studying Degraded DNA NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Washington State University Pullman WA 2008-DN-BX-K008 $595,196 Closed
2012 2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Virginia State Police VA 2012-DN-BX-K002 $466,900 Closed
2009 SOLVING COLD CASES FROM DFS SEROLOGY CASE FILES -- 1973-1988 NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K046 $490,960 Closed
2007 Cold Case Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Virginia Center for Policing Innovation VA 2007-IJ-CX-K026 $1,060,001 Closed
2011 Cold Case Anaylsis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (CCAT-LEP)
Continuation Project 		NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program Virginia Center for Policing Innovation VA 2011-DN-BX-K566 $373,169 Closed
2009 "UTAP: A Cold Case Continuum for DNA Testing for Small Rural Agencies" NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Utah Attorney General''s Office UT 2009-DN-BX-K203 $343,760 Closed
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K070 $2,238,750 Closed
2016 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2016-DN-BX-0154 $682,474 Closed
2012 FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake UT 2012-DN-BX-K029 $303,645 Closed
2015 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $37,788 Closed
2016 An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $38,683 Closed
2017 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA. NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $39,569 Closed
2010 Outcomes of DNA "Cold Hits": Social Science Research in Forensic Science NIJ FY 10 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Science The Urban Institute DC 2010-DN-BX-0002 $351,054 Closed
2007 Miami Police Homicide Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA The City of Miami Police Department FL 2007-DN-BX-K123 $441,063 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of Ohio Office of the Attorney General OH 2007-DN-BX-K141 $500,000 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General OH 2005-DN-BX-K002 $661,878 Closed
2008 FY08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety NJ 2008-DN-BX-K195 $353,843 Closed
2005 Funding of DNA testing for law enforcement in the state of Hawaii, to resolve violent crime "cold cases" and missing person cases. The violent crimes would include, but is not limited to; Homicides a Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of Hawaii HI 2005-DN-BX-K026 $790,276 Closed