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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
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
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
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
2021 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $3,341,165 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 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO $377,311 Open
2020 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $4,288,461 Past Project Period End Date
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 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2020-DQ-BX-0005 $444,723 Past Project Period End Date
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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