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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
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 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
2005 Westchester County DNA Cold Case Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Westchester NY 2005-DN-BX-K004 $64,929 Closed
2009 We will effectively address the changing investigative techniques and utilize the newest DNA technology to solve violent crimes which have no current leads. NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Santa Ana CA 2009-DN-BX-K040 $300,740 Closed
2010 Ventura County District Attorney's Cold Case DNA Pilot Project NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards County of Ventura CA 2010-DD-BX-K126 $570,000 Closed
2008 Vallejo Police Department Solving Cold Cases with DNA Project NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Vallejo CA 2008-DD-BX-K309 $500,000 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
2008 Using DNA to Solve Cold Cases in Santa Clara NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Santa Clara CA 2008-DN-BX-K305 $324,040 Closed
2008 Using DNA to Solve Cold Case Investigations NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anchorage Police Department AK 2008-DN-BX-K211 $500,000 Closed
2010 Using DNA to Identify the Missing in Palm Beach County NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Village of Royal Palm Beach FL 2010-DN-BX-K143 $40,058 Closed
2012 Using DNA Technology to Identify theMissing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2012-DN-BX-K056 $804,172 Closed
2009 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Unidentified and Missing NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Clark County, Nevada NV 2009-DN-BX-K195 $400,000 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2010-DN-BX-K131 $348,511 Closed
2008 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York NY 2008-DN-BX-K156 $627,767 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF''S DEPARTMENT CA 2010-DN-BX-K136 $163,815 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2010-DN-BX-K257 $850,000 Closed
2009 Using DNA Technology on Unidentified Individuals from New York City's Potter's Field NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K038 $598,636 Closed
2013 Using Behavioral Patterns to Link Serial Rape Offenses:A Multidimensional Approach NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2013-IJ-CX-0009 $18,000 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2010 USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) Phase II NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2010-FD-CX-K021 $194,916 Closed
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 Closed
2005 Unsolved Homicides Unit - Investigations and Forensic Examinations of Orange County's Unsolved Homicides Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Orange CA 2005-DN-BX-K016 $352,480 Closed
2005 Uniting Yesterday's Cases with Today's Technology: The YCTT Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Muncie IN 2005-DN-BX-K036 $60,500 Closed
2016 Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2016-DN-BX-0152 $213,735 Closed