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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
2010 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Assistance
Program - FFY'10 		NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2010-DY-BX-K004 $576,631 Closed
2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2008-DN-BX-K127 $250,306 Closed
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2010 NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Washington State Patrol WA 2010-DY-BX-K404 $576,631 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
2009 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2009-DN-BX-K244 $647,286 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
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
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