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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
2006 Developing Improved Capacity for the University of North Texas Health Science Center's DNA Identity Laboratory, Fiscal Year 2006 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2006-DN-BX-K129 $819,081 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
2017 Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2017-DN-BX-0134 $556,910 Closed
2009 Development of an Expert System for Automated Forensic mtDNA Data Analysis NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K171 $265,393 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
2015 Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K068 $719,633 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
2022 DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU $650,390 Open
2018 DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing for Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2018-DU-BX-0179 $634,973 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Efficient and Effective SNP System for Analysis of Highly Degraded DNA Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-DQ-BX-0005 $444,723 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS $484,798 Past Project Period End Date
2015 Enhancing Mixture Interpretation with Highly Informative STRs NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K067 $585,415 Closed
2016 Evaluation and Implementation of High Throughput Second Generation Sequencing for Mitochondrial DNA Testing in Missing Persons and Forensic Casework at the UNT Center for Human Identification. Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2016-DN-BX-K001 $727,072 Closed
2004 Field test of current technology used in the identification of unidentified remains. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K214 $249,902 Closed
2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Scienc Center, Fiscal Year 2006 NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2006-DN-BX-K056 $155,314 Closed
2008 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fiscal Year 2008 NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K059 $495,826 Closed
2009 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fiscal Year 2009 NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K058 $573,781 Closed
2007 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas System Center for Human Identification, Fiscal Year 2007 NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2007-DN-BX-K088 $640,013 Closed
2005 Forensic Science Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Fort Worth TX 2005-DN-BX-0088 $95,000 Closed
2006 Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation City of Fort Worth TX 2006-DN-BX-0026 $95,000 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing ' University of North Texas Health Science Center NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K157 $2,552,511 Closed
2015 FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Fort Worth NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Fort Worth TX 2015-DN-BX-0038 $87,759 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement - University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Laboratory for Molecular Identification NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K192 $601,632 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
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