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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: Case processing

Number of Awards: 145
Total Amount Awarded: $82,450,594

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA $357,234 Open
2008 2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Texas Office of the Governor TX 2008-DN-BX-K169 $500,000 Closed
2015 FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Fort Worth NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Fort Worth TX 2015-DN-BX-0038 $87,759 Closed
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2007 Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Squad Solving Cold Cases With DNA National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Montgomery County Texas TX 2007-DN-BX-K024 $198,581 Closed
2012 Examining the Effectiveness of Indigent Defense Team Services: A Multisite Evaluation of Holistic Defense in Practice NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense National Center for State Courts VA 2012-R2-CX-0011 $628,000 Closed
2008 Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K128 $4,520,295 Closed
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2019 Confidence, Latency, and Accuracy in Eyewitness Identification Made from Show-Ups: Evidence from the Lab, the Field, and Current Law Enforcement Practices Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE VA 2019-75-CX-0009 $662,407 Open
2004 EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PROSECUTION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY PROSECUTION National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation National District Attorneys Association VA 2004-PP-CX-0002 $385,000 Closed
2002 Testing the Effects of Selects Jury Trial Innovations on Jur Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 B. Michael Dann VA 2002-IJ-CX-0026 $213,418 Closed
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
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
2019 Undocumented Immigration, Crime, and Recidivism Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 2019-R2-CX-0058 $396,194 Closed
2005 The Effects of Prosecution on Violence Between Intimate Partners Data Resources Program-Fall Joint Centers For Justice Studies WV 2006-IJ-CX-0005 $34,425 Closed