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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 Health Science Center

Number of Awards: 61
Total Amount Awarded: $81,441,106

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2016-DN-BX-0154 $682,474 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
2016 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) National Missing and Unidentified Persons System UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $4,700,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation 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-0177 $694,525 Closed
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
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
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
2017 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $7,455,832 Past Project Period End Date
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
2018 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $5,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ FY19 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $5,500,000 Past Project Period End Date
2005 To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODIS NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $1,484,782 Closed
2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory
Project: DNA Testing of Unidentified Remains, Fiscal Year 2004 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $750,000 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
2019 Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2019-DU-BX-0046 $743,927 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
2005 Universtity of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program, Fiscal Year 2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2005-DN-BX-K127 $561,747 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
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
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
2015 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $5,000,000 Closed
2007 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODI National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2007-DN-BX-K200 $1,400,000 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
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
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