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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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Topic: Forensic sciences,
Subtopic: Forensic sciences

Number of Awards: 4,922
Total Amount Awarded: $2,228,937,575

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 Systems for Identifying and Gathering Evidence of P2P Tracking NIJ FY 11 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 2008-CE-CX-K005 $274,705 Closed
2011 Tarrant County Medical Examiner/Forensic Laboratory LIMS Enhancement Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Tarrant County TX 2011-CD-BX-0098 $109,740 Closed
2011 Tennessee's Activities under the Paul Coverdell National Science Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for Federal Fiscal Year 2011. NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Tennessee TN 2011-CD-BX-0031 $387,481 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 broad purpose of the Forensic Science Training Program (FSTP) is to contribute to the national effort to elevate standards of practice in the forensic sciences field. NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2011-DN-BX-K570 $796,867 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 The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science University of New Haven CT 2011-DN-BX-0003 $174,668 Closed
2011 The Marion County Coroner's Office (MCCO) is requesting funding from the National Institute of Justice for the installation of a new computerized database application system. NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Marion Superior Court IN 2011-CD-BX-0103 $174,872 Closed
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 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 Warwick Police Department/Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Project NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Warwick RI 2011-CD-BX-0074 $104,000 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 "Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists" NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2010-DN-BX-K177 $499,804 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
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Broward Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Broward Sheriffs Office FL 2010-DN-BX-K121 $491,061 Closed
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wisconsin NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2010-DN-BX-K151 $713,980 Closed
2010 2010 Oklahoma Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oklahoma District Attorneys Council OK 2010-CD-BX-0002 $442,592 Closed
2010 2010 Paul Coverdell FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy IA 2010-CD-BX-0037 $221,897 Closed
2010 2010 Paul Coverdell FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2010-CD-BX-0053 $323,259 Closed