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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
2011 Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence. NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MN 2011-DY-BX-K002 $658,348 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
2011 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2011-DY-BX-K006 $778,329 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
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 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
2012 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2012-DY-BX-K004 $589,638 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
2013 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2013-DY-BX-K003 $962,489 Closed
2013 Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Urban Institute DC 2013-IJ-CX-0004 $367,894 Closed
2013 Expanding Postconviction DNA Testing for Innocent Washington Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington State Patrol WA 2013-DY-BX-K005 $472,170 Closed
2013 Massachusetts Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Committee for Public Counsel Services MA 2013-DY-BX-K006 $613,205 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2013-DY-BX-K002 $332,533 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
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
2013 Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: Proposed inoculant and antidote for feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2013-IJ-CX-0010 $25,000 Closed
2014 Arizona DNA Advocacy Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-DY-BX-K001 $934,003 Closed
2014 California DNA Assistance Program (CADNAP) NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent California Governor''s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) CA 2014-DY-BX-K002 $1,310,522 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
2014 Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Committee for Public Counsel Services MA 2014-DY-BX-K003 $391,345 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
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
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
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