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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: Medicolegal death investigations

Number of Awards: 202
Total Amount Awarded: $128,999,580

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Streamlining In-House Access to Coroner Case Information NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Cuyahoga County Coroners Office OH 2007-CD-BX-0013 $40,000 Closed
2007 Web-based training for Virginia''s Local Medical Death Investigators NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence VA Institute Forensic Science & Medicine VA 2007-DN-BX-K210 $213,697 Closed
2006 Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples and the Implementation of New Technologies to Facilitate Additional Identifications NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $1,400,000 Closed
2006 Cuyahoga County Coroner's DNA Capacity Enhancement Program III NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Cuyahoga County Coroners Office OH 2006-DN-BX-K173 $216,039 Closed
2006 Cuyahoga County Coroner's FY2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Cuyahoga County Coroners Office OH 2006-DN-BX-K091 $75,000 Closed
2006 Fy 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation County of San Bernardino CA 2006-DN-BX-K177 $235,321 Closed
2006 FY- 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement County of San Bernardino CA 2006-DN-BX-K096 $208,007 Closed
2006 The National Center for Forensic Science 2006-2007 NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2005-MU-MU-K044 $1,450,000 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2005 - Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department DNA Capacity Enhancement Program County of Orange CA 2005-DA-BX-K036 $164,395 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program for Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory, National Institute of Justice, fiscal year January thru December. Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Allegheny County PA 2005-DN-BX-K054 $67,775 Closed
2005 Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program FY2005 -- Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Cuyahoga County Coroners Office OH 2005-DN-BX-K076 $134,548 Closed
2005 Project is to upgrade autopsy facilities by the installation of new equipment which includes autopsy table, carts, new cameras,computer and printer, and autopsy saw.Also included is training to prov Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement County of Winnebago IL 2005-DN-BX-0118 $40,967 Closed
2005 To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODIS NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $1,484,782 Closed
2005 Whitley County Coroner's Office Strive for Professionalism--Equipped to Serve Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Whitley County IN 2005-DN-BX-0095 $60,068 Closed
2004 Development of Statistical Methods for Estimating a Minimum Postmortem Interval: an evaluation using insect growth data National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2002-LT-BX-4001 $101,467 Closed
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Laboratory's Program to Develop DNA Automation and enhance Data Handling to Increase Capacity and Fac DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Allegheny County PA 2004-DN-BX-K091 $84,594 Closed
2004 Field test of current technology used in the identification of unidentified remains. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K214 $249,902 Closed
2004 Focus Group on Using Technology to Assist in the Identification of Human Remains National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of Central Florida FL 1998-IJ-CX-K003 $186,892 Closed
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program. National Institute of Justice. Allegheny County Coroner Forensic Science Laboratory DNA Casework Backlog Reduction Program. Fiscal Year January to Dece Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Allegheny County PA 2004-DN-BX-K085 $266,917 Closed
2004 Generating More Precise Post Mortem Interval Estimates With Entomological Evidence: Reliable Patterns of Gene Expression Throughout Calliphorid Larval and Pupal Development Forensic DNA Research & Development Michigan State University MI 2004-DN-BX-K005 $185,001 Closed
2004 Standardized Sample Collection Kit for Unidentified Remains and Relatives of
Missing Persons 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2004-DN-BX-K213 $415,493 Closed
2004 Statewide Death Investigation Network System. The proposed case management system will link all the state's coroners, medical examiners and the state forensics laboratory. The state forensics labora PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 - F Washington Department of Commerce WA 2004-DN-BX-0172 $140,104 Closed
2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory
Project: DNA Testing of Unidentified Remains, Fiscal Year 2004 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $750,000 Closed
2003 Factors That Impact The Determination By Medical Examiners Of Elder Mistreatment As A Cause Of Death In Older Persons National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Baylor College of Medicine TX 2003-IJ-CX-K015 $290,315 Closed
2002 Role of Forensic Science in ID of Mistreatment Deaths Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Curators of The University of Missouri MO 2002-IJ-CX-K018 $373,866 Closed