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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.
Description

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: 267
Total Amount Awarded: $160,055,527

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Standards of Practice in Forensic Pathology - A Training Program for Medical Examiners and Coroners NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Michigan State University MI 2010-DN-BX-K262 $442,590 Closed
2010 Testing the Validity of Radiographic Comparisons inPositive Identifications NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines North Carolina State University NC 2010-DN-BX-K214 $284,763 Closed
2010 The University of North Texas Center for Human Identifcation Project: Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, FY 2010 NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2010-DN-BX-K206 $2,808,508 Closed
2010 Utility of Postmortem X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) in Supplanting or Supplementing Medicolegal Autopsies NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center NM 2010-DN-BX-K205 $895,832 Closed
2009 City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K205 $1,000,000 Closed
2009 Development and Delivery of Web Based Training for Practitioners of Medicolegal Death Investigations NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Research Triangle Institute NC 2009-DN-BX-K115 $715,977 Closed
2009 El Paso County Offcie of the Coroner Toxicology Laboratory Improvement NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program El Paso County CO 2009-CD-BX-0061 $113,800 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Orange County Sheriff Coroner Department NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program County of Orange CA 2009-DN-BX-K094 $475,294 Closed
2009 FY09 Medical Examiner/Coroner Death Investigation Training NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) FL 2009-DN-BX-K197 $580,292 Closed
2009 FY09 NamUs Continuation Funding NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2007-IJ-CX-K023 $1,677,000 Closed
2009 IMPROVING SEX ESTIMATION FROM CRANIA USING 3-DIMENSIONAL CT SCANS NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations The University of Tennessee TN 2008-DN-BX-K182 $167,278 Closed
2009 Mid-Atlantic/Mid-Appalachian Training on Innovations in Forensic Science Through the Radford University Forensic Science Institute NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Radford University VA 2009-DN-BX-K200 $484,092 Closed
2009 Molecular Genetic Autopsies in 104 Backlog Sudden Unexplained Death Cases NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-CD-BX-0049 $124,172 Closed
2009 The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor''s Office will lead the Cuyahoga County Cold Case Squad - a multi-agency partnership between the prosecutor, police & the coroner to investigate Cold Cases using DNA. NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Cuyahoga County Prosecutor''s Office OH 2009-DN-BX-K254 $499,995 Closed
2008 City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Institute NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2008-DN-BX-K174 $941,196 Closed
2008 Continued Quality Improvement Through Pursuit of NAME Accreditation, Data Management, and Autopsy System Upgrades NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Washoe County NV 2008-CD-BX-0089 $92,646 Closed
2008 Detecting Buried Remains Using Ground Penetrating Radar NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals University of Central Florida FL 2008-DN-BX-K132 $231,258 Closed
2008 Developing and Validating Regional Taphonomic Standards for the Recovery and Interpretation of Skeletal Remains in Outdoor Settings NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals University of Maine System acting through Univ. of Maine ME 2008-DN-BX-K177 $278,978 Closed
2008 Development and enhancement of the professional standards of practice for the forensic analysis and death investigation. NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2008-CD-BX-0042 $240,120 Closed
2008 DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS) NIJ FY 08 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals University of Tennessee TN 2008-IJ-CX-K406 $165,509 Closed
2008 Development of Methods for Estimating Postmortem Internal and Body relocation based on Biomarkers of Human Decomposition Ecology NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals American Registry of Patholgoy MD 2008-DN-BX-K165 $270,390 Closed
2008 Forensic Pathology Fellowship Recruitment and Training Program NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine VA 2008-DN-BX-K200 $981,178 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing ' University of North Texas Health Science Center NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth TX 2008-DN-BX-K157 $2,552,511 Closed
2008 FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K154 $443,682 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Competitive Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program-Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Hamilton County OH 2008-CD-BX-0060 $71,230 Closed