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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,
City: Pittsburgh

Number of Awards: 55
Total Amount Awarded: $32,071,754

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2003 Crime Laboratory Improvement Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County's Forensic Laboratory Improvements in Information Management, Toxicology Testing for DUID, DNA Screening Methodolo National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Allegheny County PA 2004-LP-CX-K015 $248,375 Closed
2001 Development of Crime Forecasting and Mapping Systems for Use by Police Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Carnegie Mellon University PA 2001-IJ-CX-0018 $233,500 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DA-BX-K110 $101,627 Closed
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Laboratory's Program to Develop DNA Automation and enhance Data Handling to Increase Capacity and Fac DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Allegheny County PA 2004-DN-BX-K091 $84,594 Closed
2009 Extension of Current Estimates of Redemption Times: Robustness Testing, Out-of State Arrests, and Racial Differences NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Carnegie Mellon University PA 2009-IJ-CX-0008 $247,554 Closed
2005 FaceNorm - Normalization Plug-in for Improved Face Recognition of Non-Cooperative Individuals Sensors, Surveillance and Biometrics Technologies for Criminal Justice Application Full Applications Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K057 $496,737 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program for Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory, National Institute of Justice, fiscal year January thru December. Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DN-BX-K054 $67,775 Closed
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory DNA Casework Backlog Reduction Program. Fiscal Year January to Dece Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Allegheny County PA 2004-DN-BX-K085 $266,917 Closed
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
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2010-DN-BX-K065 $283,541 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2011-DN-BX-K419 $341,929 Closed
2013 FY13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2013-DN-BX-0085 $294,049 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2009-DN-BX-K125 $283,882 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2012-DN-BX-0055 $290,221 Closed
2004 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints and Hand Geometry FAST CAPTURE FINGERPRINT/PALM PRINT TECHNOLOGY Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $773,341 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
2012 Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Allegheny PA 2012-DN-BX-K012 $169,536 Closed
2018 Novel Quantitation Workflow for Improved Drug Surveillance NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2018-75-CX-0006 $624,989 Closed
2008 Pathways to Desistance NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Pittsburgh PA 2008-IJ-CX-0023 $995,707 Closed
2016 Point process modeling with spatiotemporal covariates for predicting crime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University PA 2016-R2-CX-0021 $49,548 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
2010 Proactive Accreditation, Certification, and Quality Improvements FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2010-CD-BX-0103 $79,095 Closed
2014 Pursuing Equitable Restorative Communities NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe School District of Pittsburgh PA 2014-CK-BX-0020 $3,021,407 Closed
2016 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2017 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed