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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: Wrongful convictions

Number of Awards: 59
Total Amount Awarded: $44,756,615

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2008 Kentucky Innocence Project NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet KY 2008-DN-BX-K184 $1,164,441 Closed
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2011-DY-BX-K003 $1,152,958 Closed
2009 Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2009-DN-BX-K245 $1,376,206 Closed
2015 Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2015-R2-CX-K041 $724,294 Closed
2009 US DOJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2009-DY-BX-K246 $924,648 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2014-DY-BX-K005 $620,269 Closed
2012 FY12 Postconviction New York City Joint Working Group on Postconviction DNA-Testing NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services NY 2012-DY-BX-K003 $1,256,344 Closed
2012 2012 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for the NIJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program. NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts NC 2012-DY-BX-K001 $761,111 Closed
2015 2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts NC 2015-DY-BX-K001 $565,639 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing. NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Prosecuting Attorneys' Council GA 2013-DY-BX-K007 $424,038 Closed
2011 The Connecticut Postconviction DNA Testing Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Public Defender Services CT 2011-DY-BX-K007 $1,392,176 Closed
2018 Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-DU-BX-0226 $171,041 Closed
2017 A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Rutgers University-Newark NJ 2017-IJ-CX-0012 $31,771 Closed
2012 SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State Appellate Defender Office MI 2012-MU-BX-K012 $429,087 Closed
2014 SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent State Appellate Defender Office MI 2014-DY-BX-K004 $337,314 Closed
2009 The Connecticut Post Conviction DNA testing program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program STATE OF CONNECTICUT CT 2009-DY-BX-K243 $1,486,134 Closed
2012 MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State of Maryland MD 2012-DY-BX-K005 $510,324 Closed
2009 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State of North Carolina NC 2009-DN-BX-K247 $566,980 Closed
2008 2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Texas Office of the Governor TX 2008-DN-BX-K169 $500,000 Closed
2014 Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Texas State University TX 2014-IJ-CX-0037 $389,690 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K004 $511,438 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K404 $511,438 Closed
2015 Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2015-DY-BX-K006 $633,170 Closed
2015 Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HI 2015-DY-BX-K002 $410,492 Closed
2015 Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent University of Illinois Springfield IL 2015-DY-BX-K005 $753,958 Closed