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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
2009 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fiscal Year 2009 NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K058 $573,781 Closed
2015 Enhancing Mixture Interpretation with Highly Informative STRs NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K067 $585,415 Closed
2015 Human Microbiome Species and Genes for Human Identification NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-NE-BX-K006 $589,701 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
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
2022 DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU $650,390 Open
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-DN-BX-K408 $654,539 Closed
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
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
2015 Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K068 $719,633 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
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
2012 Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K033 $747,797 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
2023 Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy 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-04213-DNAX $759,008 Open
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Redution Program for the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K119 $785,138 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 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
2006 Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples and the Implementation of New Technologies to Facilitate Additional Identifications NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $1,400,000 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
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
2012 NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K057 $1,925,000 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K070 $2,238,750 Closed
2013 Application for Continuation Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program NIJ FY 13 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,250,000 Closed
2009 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: Using DNATechnology to Identify the Missing. Fiscal Year 2009 NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K164 $2,505,389 Closed