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

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	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
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
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
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
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
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