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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: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 2,584
Total Amount Awarded: $1,352,126,447

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 Preservation & High Throughput Methods for Human Tissue Samples in Tropical Climates; An Improved DVI Approach NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2013-DN-BX-K034 $170,889 Closed
2013 Project to Identify Cold Case Decedents NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Harris County, Texas TX 2013-DN-BX-K013 $159,658 Closed
2013 Reference Ballistic Toolmark Database for Research and Development of Identification Systems and Confidence Limits NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology 2013-R2R-4843 $256,079 Closed
2013 Sexual Assault Kit Processing Efficiency in Law Enforcement Agencies and Crime Laboratories NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Research Triangle Institute NC 2013-NE-BX-0006 $492,295 Closed
2013 The Interactions and Impacts of State DNA Database Laws NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2013-IJ-CX-0001 $226,496 Closed
2013 Understanding Familial DNA: Policies, Procedures, and Potential Impact NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. VA 2013-R2-CX-0013 $462,327 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 Closed
2012 "Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation" NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-IJ-CX-0016 $24,988 Closed
2012 2012 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K007 $499,818 Closed
2012 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction for SLED NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2012-DN-BX-0108 $1,220,628 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 2012 Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Los Angeles CA 2012-DN-BX-K010 $500,000 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
2012 A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Chicago, City of IL 2012-DN-BX-K004 $499,565 Closed
2012 Body fluid Identification using epigenetic methylation markers and pyrosequencing NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2012-DN-BX-K018 $316,850 Closed
2012 Cold Case Squad and DNA Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Montgomery County Ohio OH 2012-DN-BX-K014 $242,300 Closed
2012 Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Attorney General, Alabama AL 2012-DN-BX-K001 $499,997 Closed
2012 Deep Sequencing for Identification and Characterization of MicroRNAs in Forensically Important Biological Fluids NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2012-DN-BX-K017 $309,918 Closed
2012 Detroit SAK Action Research Project NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $515,000 Closed
2012 Development of Reference Sample DNA Profiling for Databases Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-DN-BX-K033 $747,797 Closed
2012 Developmental Validation of a High-Specificity Multiplex Assay for Human Body Fluid Identification NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Colorado Seminary, which owns the University of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K035 $576,429 Closed