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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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Subtopic: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 2,604
Total Amount Awarded: $1,357,858,142

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Competitive) - Suffolk County, NY: Improving Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2011-CD-BX-0097 $175,000 Closed
2011 NIJ FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Cuyahoga County NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office OH 2011-DN-BX-K445 $123,718 Closed
2011 NIJ FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program: Nassau County Medical Examiner's Office Department of Forensic Genetics NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Nassau County NY 2011-DN-BX-K471 $258,312 Closed
2011 NIJ FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Division of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program County of Westchester NY 2011-DN-BX-K473 $267,323 Closed
2011 NIJ FY2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners MO 2011-DN-BX-K526 $452,293 Closed
2011 Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Washington WA 2011-DN-BX-K541 $1,269,456 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
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2011-DY-BX-K003 $1,152,958 Closed
2011 Rapid and selective extraction of male DNA from rape kits and other forensic evidence using pressure cycling NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2011-NE-BX-K550 $349,130 Closed
2011 Reducing DNA Evidence Backlog and Improving the Department's Ability to Identify and Collect DNA Evidence NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Lauderhill FL 2011-CD-BX-0084 $118,785 Closed
2011 Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence. NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MN 2011-DY-BX-K002 $658,348 Closed
2011 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) training for 43 federally-recognized Indian tribes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program Oregon Attorney General''s Sexual Assault Task Force OR 2011-NE-BX-K569 $570,268 Closed
2011 SJSO Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA St. Johns County Sheriff''s Office FL 2011-DN-BX-K524 $219,723 Closed
2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA San Bernardino County CA 2011-DN-BX-K545 $500,000 Closed
2011 The Behavior of Contamination and Methods for Extraction and Capture of Low Copy Number and Degraded DNA. NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Washington State University Pullman WA 2011-DN-BX-K549 $249,867 Closed
2011 The Connecticut Postconviction DNA Testing Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Public Defender Services CT 2011-DY-BX-K007 $1,392,176 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
2011 Use of pressure cycling technology to enhance DNA yield and profile success in touch samples. NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Harris County, Texas TX 2011-DN-BX-K554 $76,778 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
2010 "Bones in Boxes": Unidentified Human Remains Project NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Charleston County SC 2010-DN-BX-K129 $62,176 Closed
2010 2010 Byrne Rape Kit Backlog Elimination Program NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards City of Los Angeles CA 2010-DD-BX-K112 $500,000 Closed
2010 2010 Cold Case Squad NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA King County Sheriff''s Office WA 2010-DN-BX-K002 $544,147 Closed
2010 2010 Convicted Offender/Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction- Honolulu Police Department NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program City and County of Honolulu HI 2010-DN-BX-K031 $148,140 Closed
2010 2010 DNA Backlog Reduction, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K097 $796,580 Closed
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Baltimore Police Department NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Baltimore MD 2010-DN-BX-K105 $469,149 Closed