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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: Investigations

Number of Awards: 587
Total Amount Awarded: $272,324,191

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 Radicalization on the Internet: Virtual Extremism in the US from 2012-2017 NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Arkansas State University AR 2014-ZA-BX-0014 $261,503 Closed
2014 Raman spectroscopy for analyzing body fluid traces: Moving towards a practical forensic application NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2014-DN-BX-K016 $682,412 Closed
2014 Solving New Haven Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of New Haven CT 2014-DN-BX-K079 $233,092 Closed
2014 The Alameda County (California) Sheriff''s Office Collaborating with the National Institute of Justice to Perform Necessary Investigative Research to Identify Cold Cases That Can Be Solved with DNA. NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Alameda, California CA 2014-DN-BX-K065 $267,952 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 Closed
2013 Anthropological Methods for DNA Analysis of the Missing and Unidentified Children Located at the Former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K002 $423,528 Closed
2013 Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K025 $188,198 Closed
2013 Combining Efforts to Identify the Missing: A United States/Mexico DNA Project NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Conference of Western Attorneys General CA 2013-DN-BX-K001 $384,539 Closed
2013 Computer Vision for Efficient 3D Crime-Accident Scene Reconstruction NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K006 $149,875 Closed
2013 Developing DNA Friendly Fluorogenic Methods for Detecting, Enhancing and Preserving Bloody and Proteinaceous Impression Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Madonna University MI 2013-DN-BX-K026 $247,377 Closed
2013 Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making The University of Chicago IL 2013-R2-CX-0006 $760,230 Closed
2013 Linking Theory to Practice: Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing in a Medium-Sized Police Agency NIJ FY 13 Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. MD 2013-IJ-CX-0054 $499,627 Closed
2013 Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment NORC IL 2013-IJ-CX-K009 $593,715 Closed
2013 Policing by Place: A proposed multi-level analysis of the effectiveness of Risk Terrain Modeling for allocating police resources NIJ FY 13 Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies New York City Police Department NY 2013-IJ-CX-0053 $383,385 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 Using Behavioral Patterns to Link Serial Rape Offenses:A Multidimensional Approach NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2013-IJ-CX-0009 $18,000 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 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 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 Brass Board Forensic Crime Scene Survey Camera NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC CA 2012-DN-BX-K046 $409,774 Closed
2012 Cloud Forensics Tool Prototyping NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Rhode Island RI 2012-MU-CX-K002 $499,791 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