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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: Cold cases

Number of Awards: 251
Total Amount Awarded: $113,116,552

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 Optimization of Microhaplotypes for Advanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04393-DNAX $607,799 Open
2018 Testing new methods for degraded DNA recovery and next-generation sequencing NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2018-DU-BX-0218 $669,898 Closed
2017 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA. NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $39,569 Closed
2017 Gautier Police Department SAK Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) City of Gautier MS 2017-AK-BX-0132 $21,478 Open
2017 Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY TN 2017-DN-BX-0146 $377,535 Closed
2016 An investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $38,683 Closed
2016 Nevada SAFE-ITR SAK Tracking Project Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Nevada Office of the Attorney General NV 2016-DN-BX-K011 $523,268 Open
2016 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2016-DN-BX-0154 $682,474 Closed
2015 An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-R2-CX-0023 $37,788 Closed
2015 Development of a Self-sustaining, Open Access Forensic STR Sequence Diversity Database NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NC State University NC 2015-DN-BX-K062 $945,746 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program-Erie County NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of Erie NY 2015-DN-BX-0095 $627,535 Closed
2015 FY2015 Cuyahoga County Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Project NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office OH 2015-DN-BX-0103 $307,048 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation OK 2015-DN-BX-0105 $569,593 Closed
2015 NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K070 $2,238,750 Closed
2015 Pasco Sheriff's Office Cold Case Initiative: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Pasco County Sheriffs Office FL 2014-DN-BX-K466 $116,747 Closed
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2015 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing: Identifying the Missing of Minnesota NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing MN Dept. of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension MN 2015-DN-BX-K039 $133,434 Closed
2014 2014 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2014-DN-BX-K073 $125,000 Closed
2014 2014 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Orlando FL 2014-DN-BX-K078 $81,446 Closed
2014 Anne Arundel County - Solving Cold Cases with DNA Review and Analysis NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anne Arundel County, Maryland MD 2014-DN-BX-K071 $143,539 Closed
2014 City of Omaha, Nebraska - Omaha Police DepartmentFY2014 NIJ Solving Cold Cases With DNAOmaha Cold Case Squad Intensive Case Review and DNA Analysis Program NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Ciy of Omaha, Nebraska NE 2014-DN-BX-K085 $269,846 Closed
2014 City of Phoenix Police Department''s Solving Cold Cases with DNA 2014 grant program. NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Phoenix Police Department AZ 2014-DN-BX-K070 $269,987 Closed
2014 Clearwater Cold Case Team Project 2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Clearwater FL 2014-DN-BX-K086 $30,671 Closed
2014 Cobb County Cold Case Unit NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Cobb County Board of Commissioners GA 2014-DN-BX-K081 $246,814 Closed
2014 Cold Case Squad and DNA Analysis Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Montgomery County Ohio OH 2014-DN-BX-K067 $167,323 Closed