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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Medicolegal death investigations

Number of Awards: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $176,749,932

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory DNA Casework Backlog Reduction Program. Fiscal Year January to Dece Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Allegheny County PA 2004-DN-BX-K085 $266,917 Closed
2004 Generating More Precise Post Mortem Interval Estimates With Entomological Evidence: Reliable Patterns of Gene Expression Throughout Calliphorid Larval and Pupal Development Forensic DNA Research & Development Michigan State University MI 2004-DN-BX-K005 $185,001 Closed
2004 Mandatory Reporting of Nursing Home Deaths: Markers for Mistreatment, Effect on Care Quality, and Generalizability National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Curators of The University of Missouri MO 2004-IJ-CX-1012 $432,061 Closed
2004 Standardized Sample Collection Kit for Unidentified Remains and Relatives of
Missing Persons 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2004-DN-BX-K213 $415,493 Closed
2004 Statewide Death Investigation Network System. The proposed case management system will link all the state's coroners, medical examiners and the state forensics laboratory. The state forensics labora PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 - F Washington Department of Commerce WA 2004-DN-BX-0172 $140,104 Closed
2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory
Project: DNA Testing of Unidentified Remains, Fiscal Year 2004 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $750,000 Closed
2003 Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Baylor College of Medicine TX 2003-IJ-CX-K015 $290,315 Closed
2003 Texas Tech: Institute of Forensic Sciences Crime Laboratory Improvement Program; Forensic Technical Training Initiative National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center TX 2003-IJ-CX-K016 $248,375 Closed
2003 Use of LC/MS/MS to Rapidly Perform First-Pass Screening for Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Toxicology Cases General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003 Georgia Bureau of Investigation GA 2003-IJ-CX-K007 $407,451 Closed
2002 Role of Forensic Science in ID of Mistreatment Deaths Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Curators of The University of Missouri MO 2002-IJ-CX-K018 $373,866 Closed
2001 Equipment Replacement and DNA Remodel National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Alaska Department of Public Safety AK 2001-RC-CX-K001 $1,249,926 Closed
2000 Assessing Error in PMI Prediction Using a Forensic Entomological Computer Model Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime University of Florida FL 2000-RB-CX-0002 $156,170 Closed
1997 Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General OH 1997-DN-VX-0009 $367,538 Closed
1997 Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General OH 1997-DN-VX-0009 $372,700 Closed
1997 Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General OH 1997-DN-VX-0009 $375,155 Closed