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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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State: TX,
City: Houston

Number of Awards: 66
Total Amount Awarded: $31,734,301

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2009 "FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City of Houston" NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program City of Houston TX 2009-DN-BX-K130 $1,311,800 Closed
2007 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Harris County TX 2007-DN-BX-K108 $800,000 Closed
2010 2010 DNA Backlog Reduction, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K097 $796,580 Closed
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 TX 2019-DU-BX-0022 $20,685 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
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
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
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
2010 Collection of DNA Samples from Buried Unidentified Decedents. NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K207 $166,365 Closed
2006 Continue Support of the Southwest Public Safety Technology Center NIJ FY06 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards University of Houston TX 2003-IJ-CX-K011 $977,356 Closed
2005 Crime Laboratory DNA Capacity Enhancement Program/FY2005 Houston Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement Program City of Houston TX 2005-DA-BX-K021 $277,030 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
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
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
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY2005 - Harris County Medical Examiners Office DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Harris County TX 2005-DA-BX-K051 $219,322 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
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
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
2003 Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Baylor College of Medicine TX 2003-IJ-CX-K015 $290,315 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
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program FY2005 - Harris County Medical Examiners Office Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2005-DN-BX-K122 $399,379 Closed
2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement---Harris COunty, Texas Medical Examiner''s Office NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement County of Harris, Texas TX 2008-DN-BX-K190 $504,000 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Harris County NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Harris County TX 2006-DN-BX-K194 $437,306 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program -- Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Harris County TX 2009-DN-BX-K078 $729,354 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