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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: TX,
City: Houston

Number of Awards: 66
Total Amount Awarded: $31,734,301

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2004 HCME Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Harris County TX 2004-DN-BX-K152 $698,700 Closed
2004 HCME DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Harris County TX 2004-DN-BX-K199 $195,799 Closed
2008 HCME Anthropology Division Metric Research in Forensic Cutmark Interpretation NIJ FY 08 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Sciences County of Hrris, Texas TX 2008-NI-CX-0004 $5,120 Closed
2005 Harris County Forensic Laboratory Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Harris County TX 2005-DN-BX-0017 $95,000 Closed
2009 Harris County Fellowship Program NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Harris County TX 2009-CD-BX-0089 $99,686 Closed
2007 Harris County (TX) Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence County of Harris, Texas TX 2007-DN-BX-K213 $77,123 Closed
2010 Gunshot Residue in a Non-Firearm-Related Detainee Population NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K222 $88,837 Closed
2010 Genetic Markers Associated with Sudden Unexplained Death or Sudden Infant Death NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development County of Harris, Texas TX 2010-DN-BX-K230 $254,521 Closed
2013 FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Houston Police Department NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Houston Police Department TX 2013-DN-BX-0067 $1,233,415 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2012-DN-BX-0070 $645,592 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2011-DN-BX-K422 $690,850 Closed
2008 FY2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris Co. NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Harris County TX 2008-DN-BX-K040 $803,108 Closed
2006 FY2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Harris County TX 2006-DN-BX-K111 $508,498 Closed
2012 FY12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Houston NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Houston TX 2012-DN-BX-0068 $1,208,170 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program/Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2015-DN-BX-0008 $639,942 Closed
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program--Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2013-DN-BX-0101 $471,702 Closed
2011 FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Houston Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Houston Police Department TX 2011-DN-BX-K427 $1,532,118 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program -- Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Harris County TX 2009-DN-BX-K078 $729,354 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Harris County NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Harris County TX 2006-DN-BX-K194 $437,306 Closed
2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement---Harris COunty, Texas Medical Examiner''s Office NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement County of Harris, Texas TX 2008-DN-BX-K190 $504,000 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program FY2005 - Harris County Medical Examiners Office Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2005-DN-BX-K122 $399,379 Closed
2013 Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Harris County TX 2013-CD-BX-0071 $74,147 Closed
2003 Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Baylor College of Medicine TX 2003-IJ-CX-K015 $290,315 Closed
2011 Extending the Microbial Forensic Toolkit Through Whole Genome Sequencing and Statistical Phylogenomics NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Baylor College of Medicine TX 2011-DN-BX-K534 $581,213 Closed
2018 Establishing Sufficiency Thresholds for Assessing the Quality of Mass Spectral Data NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, INC. TX 2018-DU-BX-0184 $282,703 Closed