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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.

Fiscal year 2021 Awards

NIJ grantees will be notified through the JustGrants system when they have received an award. All grants not awarded by September 30th will be made as soon as possible on a rolling basis and no later than December 31, 2021. Applicants not receiving a FY 2021 award, for which they competitively applied, will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than the calendar year-end. Please continue to visit the NIJ website for updates on NIJ grant awards. NIJ will update the list below as they are released.

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State: MN,
District: 5

Number of Awards: 36
Total Amount Awarded: $13,411,405

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Identification of Effective Strategies to Disrupt Recruitment of Victims in Human Trafficking: Qualitative Data, Systems Modeling, Survivors and Law Enforcement Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 2020-MU-MU-0040 $758,811 Open
2018 To Understand the Role of Trauma, Exposure to Violence, and Retraumatization for Justice Involved Youth, Particularly for Clients Who Identify As LGBTQI or GNC Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Hennepin County MN 2016-MU-MU-0066 $60,379 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2015-DN-BX-0083 $100,000 Closed
2014 Finding Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Truancy and Crime: An Evaluation of the Ramsey County Truancy Intervention Programs NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The Regents of the University of Minnesota MN 2014-IJ-CX-0010 $552,163 Closed
2014 Minneapolis Crime Lab Portable Equipment Upgrades NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Minneapolis - POlice MN 2014-CD-BX-0022 $93,888 Closed
2013 FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2013-DN-BX-0041 $100,000 Closed
2012 FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2012-DN-BX-0017 $100,000 Closed
2012 SOTIPS Implementation Evaluation Project NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS) Regents of the University of Minnesota MN 2012-AW-BX-0153 $1,496,090 Closed
2012 Stress Biomarkers Among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Excited Delirium and Severe Pain in the Emergency Department NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation MN 2012-R2-CX-K007 $338,747 Closed
2011 FY 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2011-DN-BX-K494 $130,787 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2010-DN-BX-K155 $107,965 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program - Competative FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2010-CD-BX-0070 $104,948 Closed
2010 FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Minneapolis MN 2010-CD-BX-0102 $175,000 Closed
2010 Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2010-DY-BX-K007 $253,534 Closed
2009 FY09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program -
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office 		NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2009-DN-BX-K127 $116,521 Closed
2009 Minneapolis Police Crime Lab Unit Full Service Imaging Laboratory NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Minneapolis MN 2009-CD-BX-0093 $113,857 Closed
2009 Minnesota Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2009-DN-BX-K239 $859,527 Closed
2008 FY2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2008-DN-BX-K117 $120,000 Closed
2008 Hennepin County Cold Case DNA Team Project NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Hennepin County MN 2008-DN-BX-K336 $494,433 Closed
2007 "The Effects of Low Level Offense Records and Race on Employability." This study will examine the effects that low level offense records and race have on employability. NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Council on Crime and Justice MN 2007-IJ-CX-0042 $33,200 Closed
2007 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2007-DN-BX-K067 $80,366 Closed
2007 Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence Augsburg College MN 2007-IJ-CX-0046 $236,577 Closed
2007 Solving Minneapolis Cold Case Homicides Using DNA Analysis National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards City of Minneapolis MN 2007-DN-BX-K163 $500,000 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2006-DN-BX-K112 $41,810 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Hennepin County, Minnesota MN 2006-DN-BX-K192 $150,745 Closed