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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
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement County of Orange CA 2008-DN-BX-K062 $508,212 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program---Hamilton County Coroner's Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Hamilton County OH 2008-DN-BX-K107 $194,206 Closed
2008 FY2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office OH 2008-DN-BX-K090 $107,126 Closed
2008 FY2008 NamUs Project NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2007-IJ-CX-K023 $1,780,000 Closed
2008 Improving Sex Estimation from Craian Using 3-Dimensional CT Scans NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals The University of Tennessee TN 2008-DN-BX-K182 $171,215 Closed
2008 The NIJ-NC State Professional Training Podcast: Investigation Protocols for Death in Natural Environments NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program NC State University NC 2008-DN-BX-K213 $464,078 Closed
2007 Developing Training Criteria for the Unidentified Deceased Reporting System (UDRS, http://udrs.orainc.com) NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence University of Central Florida FL 2007-DN-BX-K209 $373,951 Closed
2007 Firearms Microscope Upgrades for Hamilton County Coroner's Office NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Hamilton County OH 2007-CD-BX-0112 $70,073 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA BAcklog Reduction Program - Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement County of Orange CA 2007-DN-BX-K099 $397,427 Closed
2007 Grant application to assist in improving the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner services for the Washoe County Medical Examiner and Coroner Office NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Washoe County NV 2007-CD-BX-0077 $93,468 Closed
2007 Harris County (TX) Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence County of Harris, Texas TX 2007-DN-BX-K213 $77,123 Closed
2007 NaMUS National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2007-IJ-CX-K023 $2,500,000 Closed
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 Determination of Age and Sex from the Human Clavicle: A Geometric Morphometric Approach Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007 The University of Tennessee TN 2007-DN-BX-0004 $20,000 Closed
2006 Electronic Control Weapons Unexpected In-Custody Death Study NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations International Association of Chiefs of Police VA 2006-IJ-CX-K046 $257,638 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 Determination of the Age (Time Since Deposition) of a Biological Stain Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application University of Central Florida FL 2005-MU-BX-K071 $124,753 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