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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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Awardee Name: City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Number of Awards: 21
Total Amount Awarded: $13,187,012

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016
Evaluating Massive Parallel Sequencing for Missing Persons Identification.
Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2016-DN-BX-0172
$474,130
Closed
2015
DNA Capacity and Backlog
NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2015-DN-BX-0118
$1,450,000
Closed
2015
Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through High Throughout Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths
NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2015-DN-BX-K017
$712,168
Closed
2015
Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2015-DN-BX-K040
$277,667
Closed
2015
Validation of Illumina's MiSeq FGx NGS Platform for Transition to Casework
NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2015-DN-BX-K005
$150,000
Closed
2014
Advancing Molecular Diagnostics in Sudden Unexplained Deaths
NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2014-DN-BX-K001
$540,178
Closed
2014
Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains
NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2014-DN-BX-K014
$588,326
Closed
2013
FY13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2013-DN-BX-0029
$1,300,000
Closed
2013
Improving the capacity, quality and timeliness of the laboratory's DNA services
NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2013-CD-BX-0066
$174,816
Closed
2012
FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2012-DN-BX-0095
$1,400,000
Closed
2012
Pre-Extraction Separation of Mixed Source DNA Samples through Micromanipulation and Direct PCR Short Tandem Repeat Typing of Cells
NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2012-DN-BX-K043
$179,742
Closed
2012
Use of Novel Chemistry & Microwave Instrumentation to ImproveBody Fluid Assay Sensitivity & Speed while Reducing Costs
NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2012-DN-BX-K044
$403,671
Closed
2011
FY 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2011-DN-BX-K469
$1,500,000
Closed
2011
Investigating Unexplained Deaths through Molecular Autopsies
NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2011-DN-BX-K535
$696,879
Closed
2011
The broad purpose of the Forensic Science Training Program (FSTP) is to contribute to the national effort to elevate standards of practice in the forensic sciences field.
NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2011-DN-BX-K570
$796,867
Closed
2010
Development of a Proteomic Assay for Menstrual Blood, Vaginal Fluid and Species Identification
NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2010-DN-BX-K192
$418,824
Closed
2010
Estimation of Age at Death using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry
NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2010-DN-BX-K035
$114,263
Closed
2010
FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2010-DN-BX-K058
$1,000,000
Closed
2010
FY 2010 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program - New York City, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2010-DN-BX-K181
$62,334
Closed
2010
Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2010-DN-BX-K131
$348,511
Closed
2009
Using DNA Technology on Unidentified Individuals from New York City's Potter's Field
NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
NY
2009-DN-BX-K038
$598,636
Closed