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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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Subtopic: Evidence analysis and processing

Number of Awards: 2,248
Total Amount Awarded: $771,593,149

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA (FY2004); National Institute of Justice Solving Cold Cases with DNA Maine Department of Public Safety ME 2005-DN-BX-K024 $250,349 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA in the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Spartanburg SC 2005-DN-BX-K001 $196,112 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Project Solving Cold Cases with DNA State of Alabama AL 2005-DN-BX-K005 $136,947 Closed
2005 Solving the Old With the New (Project SON) Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Fort Lauderdale FL 2005-DN-BX-K022 $435,961 Closed
2005 State Coverdell Funding for Minnesota Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Minnesota Department of Public Safety MN 2005-DN-BX-0070 $165,442 Closed
2005 State of Alabama's FY2005 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (NFSIA) Grant Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2005-DN-BX-0115 $146,930 Closed
2005 Supplies, Equipment, and Training Upgrade Program (SETUP) Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Grand Rapids MI 2005-DN-BX-0096 $45,420 Closed
2005 The award is distributed among four of the stat's five medical examiners to facilitate improvement of forensic investigation capacity as approved by the state's forensic Investigations council. Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Washington Department of Commerce WA 2005-DN-BX-0018 $201,211 Closed
2005 The Determination of the Physical Characteristics of an Individual from Biological Stains Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application University of Central Florida Office of Research FL 2005-MU-BX-K075 $224,776 Closed
2005 The Douglas County Nebraska Forensic Science Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Douglas County NE 2005-DN-BX-0013 $91,810 Closed
2005 The Minneapolis Police Department will utilize funding under this 2005 Coverdell program to increase the capacity and quality of firearms and ballistic examination, and subsequent entries into IBIS, t Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Minneapolis MN 2005-DN-BX-0084 $55,918 Closed
2005 The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $97,019 Closed
2005 The Use of MiniSTRs as Tools for the Investigation of DNA Degradation and Inhibition Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-MU-BX-K073 $171,394 Closed
2005 To enhance the basic forensic capabilities of the City of Rogers Police Department in evidence recovery and processing, which will in turn reduce the evidence backlog and improve the quality and timel Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Rogers AR 2005-DN-BX-0120 $28,191 Closed
2005 Uniting Yesterday's Cases with Today's Technology: The YCTT Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Muncie IN 2005-DN-BX-K036 $60,500 Closed
2005 Unsolved Homicides Unit - Investigations and Forensic Examinations of Orange County's Unsolved Homicides Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Orange CA 2005-DN-BX-K016 $352,480 Closed
2005 Westchester County DNA Cold Case Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Westchester NY 2005-DN-BX-K004 $64,929 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
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 Closed
2004 A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE MODALITIES FOR PROVIDING DNA TRAINING FOR THE NATION'S PROSECUTORS National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology National District Attorneys Association VA 2004-DN-BX-K017 $400,000 Closed
2004 Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Forensic Science: Analysis of Glass Samples General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers University of Central Florida FL 2004-IJ-CX-K031 $210,728 Closed
2004 Bayesian Networks in Forensic Science:
n Evolutionary Perspective 		Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall North Carolina State University NC 2004-DN-BX-K006 $20,000 Closed
2004 Development of an automated system to detect spermatozoa on laboratory slides to increase productivity in the analysis of sexual assault cases Forensic DNA Research & Development Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2004-DN-BX-K003 $214,629 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 FY 2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Indiana State Police IN 2004-DN-BX-K123 $446,904 Closed