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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.

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

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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,921
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,422,575

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence Augsburg College MN 2007-IJ-CX-0046 $236,577 Closed
2007 Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors (SWGDOG) National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $92,999 Closed
2007 Sex Offender Management, Treatment, and Civil Commitment: An Evidence Based Analysis Aimed at Reducing Sexual Violence NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of John Jay College NY 2007-IJ-CX-0037 $296,656 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of Ohio Office of the Attorney General OH 2007-DN-BX-K141 $500,000 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Greensboro Police Department NC 2007-DN-BX-K243 $310,800 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Illinois State Police IL 2007-DN-BX-K162 $400,976 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office FL 2007-DN-BX-K023 $176,235 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases With DNA -- Essex County, NJ NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Essex County Prosecutors Office NJ 2007-DN-BX-K139 $438,615 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Evidence NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Pennsylvania State Police PA 2007-DN-BX-K220 $469,250 Closed
2007 Solving Minneapolis Cold Case Homicides Using DNA Analysis National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards City of Minneapolis MN 2007-DN-BX-K163 $500,000 Closed
2007 Specialized Training for State and Local Forensic Investigators: Training Partnership NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2007-IJ-CX-K232 $510,974 Closed
2007 Sperm Capture Using Aptamer Based Technology NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department CO 2007-DN-BX-K143 $370,813 Closed
2007 SPPD Cold Case Unit Grant NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City Of Saint Paul Police Department MN 2007-DN-BX-K018 $259,977 Closed
2007 State of Alabama's FY2007-2008 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (NFSIA) Grant Program NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2007-CD-BX-0047 $269,214 Closed
2007 State of Louisiana Program to Reduce Forensic DNA Backlog cases and enhance operations. NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Louisiana State Police LA 2007-DN-BX-K120 $944,766 Closed
2007 State of New Mexico Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Initiative NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of New Mexico NM 2007-CD-BX-0074 $166,615 Closed
2007 Streamlining In-House Access to Coroner Case Information NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Cuyahoga County Coroners Office OH 2007-CD-BX-0013 $40,000 Closed
2007 Technical Improvements for Broward County Medical Examiners NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Broward County FL 2007-CD-BX-0031 $94,911 Closed
2007 The Baltimore City Police Department 08 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement City of Baltimore MD 2007-DN-BX-K118 $344,432 Closed
2007 The Phoenix Police Department is seeking $95,000 in grant funds to utilize outsourcing to reduce the current backlog in the Evidence Processing Unit and the Latent Print Comparative Unit. NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Phoenix Police Department AZ 2007-CD-BX-0050 $95,000 Closed
2007 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODI National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2007-DN-BX-K200 $1,400,000 Closed
2007 The use of Infrared imaging, a robust matching engine and associated algorithyms to enhance identification of both 2D and 3D impressions. Phase 1 NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Impression Evidence: Invited Full Proposals SED Technology LLC VA 2007-DN-BX-K169 $295,247 Closed
2007 Tools for improving the quality of aged, degraded, damaged, or otherwise compromised DNA evidence NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Louisiana State University and A and M College LA 2007-DN-BX-K146 $580,337 Closed
2007 Training and Pay Accreditation Fees NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration AR 2007-CD-BX-0036 $106,470 Closed
2007 Trait Analytic Program Search (TAPS) NIJ FY 07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2007-DN-BX-K187 $68,000 Closed