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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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Subtopic: Investigations

Number of Awards: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $139,905,300

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Analyzing the Impact of Virtual Reality and 3D Capture Technology on Crime Scene Investigation Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2016-IJ-CX-0017 $265,103 Closed
2013 Anthropological Methods for DNA Analysis of the Missing and Unidentified Children Located at the Former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K002 $423,528 Closed
2016 Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) National Missing and Unidentified Persons System UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 2016-MU-BX-K007 $4,700,000 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO $395,516 Open
2009 Arizona medical examiners'' offices will be reducing the number of unknown decedents by submitting extracted bone and tooth samples for DNA testing and having the profiles entered onto CODIS and NamUS NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2009-DN-BX-K163 $400,000 Closed
2011 Arizona Solving Cold Cases with DNA - Phoenix Police Department NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2011-DN-BX-K546 $499,975 Closed
2023 Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS $110,998 Open
2009 Automated Human Image Detection and Authentication Continuation NIJ FY 09 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals University of Rhode Island RI 2009-FD-CX-K215 $150,000 Closed
2010 AZ Use of DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2010-DN-BX-K233 $525,058 Closed
2010 BCoPD FY2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA Project NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore County Maryland MD 2010-DN-BX-K001 $185,308 Closed
2011 BCPD FY2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Project NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore, County of MD 2011-DN-BX-K519 $176,444 Closed
2008 Biological Screening Training NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) FL 2008-DN-BX-K072 $638,080 Closed
2012 Brass Board Forensic Crime Scene Survey Camera NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC CA 2012-DN-BX-K046 $409,774 Closed
2017 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $40,780 Closed
2007 Chicago Police Department " Solving Cold Cases With DNA Initiative" NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2007-DN-BX-K025 $498,579 Closed
2010 City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department FY2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City And County of Denver CO 2010-DN-BX-K004 $596,273 Closed
2009 City of Charleston Police Department Cold Case Task Force NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Charleston Police Department SC 2009-DN-BX-K303 $299,201 Closed
2010 City of Fort Worth's FY10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA program NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K012 $384,960 Closed
2008 City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Institute NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2008-DN-BX-K174 $941,196 Closed
2014 Clearwater Cold Case Team Project 2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Clearwater FL 2014-DN-BX-K086 $30,671 Closed
2012 Cloud Forensics Tool Prototyping NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Rhode Island RI 2012-MU-CX-K002 $499,791 Closed
2011 CMPD Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charlotte, City of NC 2011-DN-BX-K525 $485,777 Closed
2014 Cobb County Cold Case Unit NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Cobb County Board of Commissioners GA 2014-DN-BX-K081 $246,814 Closed
2011 Cold Case Anaylsis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (CCAT-LEP)
Continuation Project
NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program Virginia Center for Policing Innovation VA 2011-DN-BX-K566 $373,169 Closed
2008 Cold Case Detective & DNA Processing Grant for the City of Fort Worth NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K130 $345,956 Closed