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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: PA,
City: Pittsburgh

Number of Awards: 56
Total Amount Awarded: $32,131,754

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2013 Computer Vision for Efficient 3D Crime-Accident Scene Reconstruction NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K006 $149,875 Closed
2013 FY13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2013-DN-BX-0085 $294,049 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2012-DN-BX-0055 $290,221 Closed
2012 Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Allegheny PA 2012-DN-BX-K012 $169,536 Closed
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Pennsylvania NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2011-DN-BX-K419 $341,929 Closed
2011 Redemption for Reintegrating Prisoners in the Era of Widespread Background Checks NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Justice Systems Carnegie Mellon University PA 2011-IJ-CX-0012 $86,614 Closed
2010 An Examination of Resident Abuse in Assisted Living Facilities NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of the Elderly and Residents of Residential Care Facilities UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PA 2010-IJ-CX-0023 $466,441 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2010-DN-BX-K065 $283,541 Closed
2010 Proactive Accreditation, Certification, and Quality Improvements FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2010-CD-BX-0103 $79,095 Closed
2009 Extension of Current Estimates of Redemption Times: Robustness Testing, Out-of State Arrests, and Racial Differences NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Carnegie Mellon University PA 2009-IJ-CX-0008 $247,554 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Allegheny County NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2009-DN-BX-K125 $283,882 Closed
2008 2008 Forensic DNA Efficiency Improvement Project NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2008-DN-BX-K191 $382,309 Closed
2008 Allegheny County Police - Audio/Video Forensic Unit 2008 Improvement Project NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program County of Allegheny PA 2008-CD-BX-0065 $95,000 Closed
2008 Pathways to Desistance NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Pittsburgh PA 2008-IJ-CX-0023 $995,707 Closed
2008 Study Group on Violence and Serious Offending in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Pittsburgh PA 2008-IJ-CX-K402 $434,245 Closed
2007 2007 Coverdell Competitive Grant for Medical Examiner's Forensic Laboratory Accreditation Project NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Allegheny County PA 2007-CD-BX-0081 $95,000 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Forensic Lab Div Allegheny County M.E. Office. NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Allegheny County PA 2007-DN-BX-K077 $200,035 Closed
2007 HandShot ID: A Fast 3-D Imaging System for Capturing Fingerprints, Palm Prints, and Hand Geometry National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K046 $760,000 Closed
2007 Potential for Redemption in Criminal Background Checks NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Carnegie Mellon University PA 2007-IJ-CX-0041 $62,459 Closed
2006 Conversion of Custody Records for Backlogged Serology/DNA Evidence into LIMS for Enhanced Tracking and Reduction of Backlog NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Allegheny County PA 2006-DN-BX-K039 $67,444 Closed
2006 Upgrading Current DNA Technology to Expand Throughput Capacity by Acquiring Multichannel Electrophoresis Unit and Expanding LIMS NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Allegheny County PA 2006-DN-BX-K217 $102,588 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DA-BX-K110 $101,627 Closed
2005 FaceNorm - Normalization Plug-in for Improved Face Recognition of Non-Cooperative Individuals Sensors, Surveillance and Biometrics Technologies for Criminal Justice Application Full Applications Carnegie Mellon University PA 2005-IJ-CX-K057 $496,737 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program for Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory, National Institute of Justice, fiscal year January thru December. Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DN-BX-K054 $67,775 Closed
2004 Crime Laboratory Improvement Program National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology Allegheny County PA 2004-LP-CX-K015 $989,475 Closed