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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.
Showing Results For:
State: TX,
City: FORT WORTH

Number of Awards: 80
Total Amount Awarded: $90,368,235

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2009 Improved Tools and Interpretation Guidelines for Examining Limited Low Copy Number DNA Obtained from Degraded Single Source Samples: Bones, Teeth, and Hairs NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K188 $935,992 Closed
2009 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: Using DNATechnology to Identify the Missing. Fiscal Year 2009 NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K164 $2,505,389 Closed
2010 Addressing Quality and Quantity; the Role of DNA Repair and Whole Genome Amplification in Forensically Relevant Samples NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K227 $363,613 Closed
2010 City of Fort Worth's FY10 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Worth TX 2010-CD-BX-0087 $129,590 Closed
2010 City of Fort Worth's FY10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA program NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K012 $384,960 Closed
2010 Comprehensive Training Program in Forensic DNA Interpretation and Statistics. NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K239 $999,481 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Redution Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K119 $785,138 Closed
2010 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identifcation Project: Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, FY 2010 NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K206 $2,808,508 Closed
2011 City of Fort Worth's FY11 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Worth TX 2011-CD-BX-0100 $121,342 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-DN-BX-K408 $654,539 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
2012 "Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation" NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-IJ-CX-0016 $24,988 Closed
2012 Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K033 $747,797 Closed
2012 FY 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2012-DN-BX-0050 $548,144 Closed
2012 NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K057 $1,925,000 Closed
2012 Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2012-IJ-CX-0017 $25,000 Closed
2012 Support for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,700,000 Closed
2013 Application for Continuation Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program NIJ FY 13 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,250,000 Closed
2013 Development of improved insertion-deletion assays for human and ancestral identifications from degraded samples NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K036 $329,233 Closed
2013 FY 2013 City of Fort Worth Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Fort Worth TX 2013-CD-BX-0070 $113,243 Closed
2013 FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2013-DN-BX-0062 $518,302 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-City of Fort Worth NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Fort Worth TX 2013-DN-BX-0058 $169,979 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
2014 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $3,750,000 Closed
2014 Development of a brief elder abuse and neglect screener for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-MU-CX-0102 $369,039 Closed