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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
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Forensic Lab Div Allegheny County M.E. Office. NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Allegheny County PA 2007-DN-BX-K077 $200,035 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Pennsylvania State Police PA 2007-DN-BX-K050 $819,785 Closed
2007 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints, and Hand Geometry National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $760,000 Closed
2007 Less Lethal Weapons: Policies, Practices and Technologies (100 person) NIJ FY 07 Less-Lethal Technologies: Invited Full Proposals The Pennsylvania State University PA 2007-IJ-CX-K024 $29,900 Closed
2007 Operationalizing Calmatives -- Legal Issues, Concepts and Technologies NIJ FY 07 Less-Lethal Technologies: Invited Full Proposals The Pennsylvania State University PA 2007-DE-BX-K009 $254,006 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
2007 Potential for Redemption in Criminal Background Checks NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Carnegie Mellon University PA 2007-IJ-CX-0041 $62,459 Closed
2007 Provide Cell Phone Forensic Training, hardware and software to state and local law enforcment. Training is based on an established program. Each class consist of eighteen attendees and two instructor. NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence BKForensics PA 2007-DN-BX-K204 $400,000 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Evidence NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Pennsylvania State Police PA 2007-DN-BX-K220 $469,250 Closed
2007 The Campbell Crime and Justice GroupWhat Works in Crime Prevention: Answers from Systematic Reviews NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2007-IJ-CX-0045 $84,979 Closed
2007 The Weapons and Protective Systems Technologies Center - A Criminal Justice Technology Center of Excellence National Institute of Justice Continuations Solicitation The Pennsylvania State University PA 2007-MU-MU-K005 $3,200,000 Closed
2008 2008 Forensic DNA Efficiency Improvement Project NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2008-DN-BX-K191 $382,309 Closed
2008 2008 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Pennsylvania Commission On Crime And Delinquency PA 2008-CD-BX-0038 $461,528 Closed
2008 A Radiographic Database for Estimating Biological Parameters in Modern Subadults NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Mercyhurst College PA 2008-DN-BX-K152 $293,924 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
2008 Cell Phone Forensic Training, Hardware, and Software NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations BKForensics PA 2007-DN-BX-K204 $400,000 Closed
2008 DIGITAL EVIDENCE: Computer Forensic Training for the Changing Face of Crime NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Edinboro University of Pennsylvania PA 2008-DN-BX-K376 $238,056 Closed
2008 Enhancing Scene Processing Protocols to Improve Victim Identification and Field Detection of Human Remains at Mass Fatality Scenes NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Mercyhurst College PA 2008-DN-BX-K133 $282,540 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2008-DN-BX-K003 $730,930 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Pennsylvania State Police PA 2008-DN-BX-K078 $1,362,233 Closed
2008 Identifying and Communicating Genetic Determinants of Facial Features:Practical Considerations in Forensic Molecular Photofitting NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals The Pennsylvania State University PA 2008-DN-BX-K125 $500,000 Closed
2008 Pathways to Desistance NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Pittsburgh PA 2008-IJ-CX-0023 $995,707 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
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
2008 Recovery and Interpretation of Burned Human Remains NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals Mercyhurst College PA 2008-DN-BX-K131 $399,240 Closed