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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: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

Number of Awards: 67
Total Amount Awarded: $85,546,195

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2006 Applications of Molecular Genetics to Human Identity Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007 University of North Texas TX 2007-DN-BX-0006 $20,000 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
2018 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment NIJ FY18 Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2017-IJ-CX-0010 $43,039 Closed
2017 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2017-IJ-CX-0010 $46,155 Closed
2019 Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TX 2019-R2-CX-0043 $50,000 Closed
2020 Genetic distance to improve human identification from the skin microbiome Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-R2-CX-0046 $81,058 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
2020 Interpretation of Y chromosome STRs for missing persons cases Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-DQ-BX-0018 $198,362 Closed
2004 Developing Improved Capacity for the Texas Missing Persons Cases and Fort Worth ' area casework in Sexual Assault and Homicide Cases by the University of North Texas Health Science Center's DNA Identi DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K197 $205,575 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
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
2005 Developing Improved Capacity for the Texas Missing Persons Cases & Fort Worth aea casework in Sexual Assault & Homicide Cases by UNT Health Science Center DNA Identity Lab DNA Capacity Enhancement Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2005-DA-BX-K095 $283,868 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
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
2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory
Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program, Fiscal Year 2004 		Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K219 $371,994 Closed
2021 Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO $377,311 Open
2013 Microscopy with Direct Analyte Probe Nanoextraction (DAPNe)-Coupled to Nanospray Mass Spectrometry for Localized Chemical Analysis of Document Inks NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas TX 2013-R2-CX-K007 $380,986 Closed
2004 Standardized Sample Collection Kit for Unidentified Remains and Relatives of
Missing Persons 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2004-DN-BX-K213 $415,493 Closed
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
2014 Novel Collection Device for Enhanced DNA Recovery and Release from Biological Stain Samples NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-DN-BX-K033 $487,884 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
2001 The Context, Motives and Meaning of Partner Violence An Empirical Examination of a Theory of Women's Use University of North Texas TX 2001-WT-BX-0504 $499,960 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2015-DN-BX-0057 $507,165 Closed
2023 Optimizing New STRs for Enhanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04214-RESS $513,529 Open