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: 66
Total Amount Awarded: $31,734,301

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	Advancing the Understanding of 3D Imaging for Firearms Identification	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER INC	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02714-MUMU	$303,471	Open
2020	Neurofeedback-Enhanced Trauma Treatment for Adolescents in Residential Treatment	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM	TX	2020-R2-CX-0045	$98,575	Open
2019	A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	HARRIS, COUNTY OF	TX	2019-DU-BX-0022	$20,685	Closed
2018	Establishing Sufficiency Thresholds for Assessing the Quality of Mass Spectral Data	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, INC.	TX	2018-DU-BX-0184	$282,703	Closed
2017	Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, THE	TX	2017-VF-GX-0001	$271,822	Closed
2016	Assessing Cognitive Bias, Method Validation, and Equipment Performance for theForensic Anthropology Laboratory	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Harris County, Texas	TX	2016-DN-BX-K003	$114,106	Closed
2015	Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2015-R2-CX-0040	$39,999	Closed
2015	DNA Capacity Enhancement	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc	TX	2015-DN-BX-0072	$1,172,752	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program/Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2015-DN-BX-0008	$639,942	Closed
2014	Operation Cold Case	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Harris County	TX	2014-DN-BX-K072	$215,035	Closed
2013	Characterization of Performance-Enhancing Peptides via Inlet Ionization on DART-TOF/MS	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Harris County, TX	TX	2013-DN-BX-K020	$80,765	Closed
2013	Elder Financial Exploitation Victimization: Indentifying Unique Risk Profiles and Factors to Enhance Detection, Prevention and Intervention	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX	2013-IJ-CX-0050	$387,736	Closed
2013	Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Harris County	TX	2013-CD-BX-0071	$74,147	Closed
2013	FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program--Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2013-DN-BX-0101	$471,702	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Houston Police Department	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	City of Houston Police Department	TX	2013-DN-BX-0067	$1,233,415	Closed
2013	Learning Models for Predictive Behavioral Intent and Activity Analysis in Wide Area Video Surveillance	NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	University of Houston	TX	2009-MU-MU-K004	$215,356	Closed
2013	Project to Identify Cold Case Decedents	NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing	Harris County, Texas	TX	2013-DN-BX-K013	$159,658	Closed
2012	FY12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Houston	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	City of Houston	TX	2012-DN-BX-0068	$1,208,170	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2012-DN-BX-0070	$645,592	Closed
2012	NIJ FY12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	City of Houston Police Department	TX	2011-DN-BX-0002	$515,000	Closed
2011	Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston	NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project	City of Houston	TX	2011-DN-BX-0002	$178,076	Closed
2011	Extending the Microbial Forensic Toolkit Through Whole Genome Sequencing and Statistical Phylogenomics	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2011-DN-BX-K534	$581,213	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Houston Police Department	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	City of Houston Police Department	TX	2011-DN-BX-K427	$1,532,118	Closed
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Harris County	TX	2011-DN-BX-K422	$690,850	Closed
2011	Learning Models for Predictive Behavioral Intent and Activity Analysis in Wide Area Video Surveillance	NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	University of Houston	TX	2009-MU-MU-K004	$249,711	Closed