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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,
District: 18

Number of Awards: 46
Total Amount Awarded: $17,744,329

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $1,999,128 Open
2018 Novel Quantitation Workflow for Improved Drug Surveillance NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2018-75-CX-0006 $624,989 Closed
2018 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY18 Continuations University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2017 A Point Process Model with Spatiotemporal Covariates for Predicting Crime NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Carnegie Mellon University PA 2016-R2-CX-0021 $49,548 Closed
2017 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2016 Point process modeling with spatiotemporal covariates for predicting crime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University PA 2016-R2-CX-0021 $49,548 Closed
2016 Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Pittsburgh PA 2016-R2-CX-0010 $49,356 Closed
2015 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County Pennsylvania PA 2015-DN-BX-0110 $271,948 Closed
2015 A Simultaneous Low Resolution and Off-Pose Angle Face Matching Algorithm as an Investigative Lead Generative Tool for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Carnegie Mellon Univeristy PA 2013-IJ-CX-K005 $499,230 Closed
2015 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $239,670 Closed
2014 A New Forensic Super-Resolution Tool to Enhance Extreme Low Resolution, Pose Correct Off-Angle and Occluded Face Images for Investigative Lead Generation Using Commercial Face Matchers FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon Univeristy PA 2013-IJ-CX-K005 $492,903 Closed
2014 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $232,406 Closed
2014 Pursuing Equitable Restorative Communities NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe School District of Pittsburgh PA 2014-CK-BX-0020 $3,021,407 Closed
2013 A Simultaneous Low Resolution and Off-Pose Angle Face Matching Algorithm as an Investigative Lead Generative Tool for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon Univeristy PA 2013-IJ-CX-K005 $493,948 Closed
2013 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $245,382 Closed
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