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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 Original Solicitation Recipient Sort descending State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Using DNA to Identify the Missing in Palm Beach County NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Village of Royal Palm Beach FL 2010-DN-BX-K143 $40,058 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 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K154 $443,682 Closed
2010 Identifying the Missing in Virginia 2010 NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2010-DN-BX-K130 $468,640 Closed
2009 SOLVING COLD CASES FROM DFS SEROLOGY CASE FILES -- 1973-1988 NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K046 $490,960 Closed
2012 2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Virginia State Police VA 2012-DN-BX-K002 $466,900 Closed
2011 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $200,000 Closed
2015 Responding to sexual assault on campus: A national assessment and systematic classification of the scope and challenges for investigation and adjudication NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Investigation and Adjudication of Campus Sexual Assault Wellesley College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0009 $555,677 Closed
2016 Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations: Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2016-DN-BX-0152 $213,735 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2010 USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) Phase II NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2010-FD-CX-K021 $194,916 Closed
2010 Wisconsin Cold Case Initiative - Resolving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2010-DN-BX-K010 $506,323 Closed
2008 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2008-DN-BX-K196 $499,989 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2005-DN-BX-K011 $122,692 Closed
2020 Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MA 2020-R2-CX-0047 $519,893 Open