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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
2003 IACP DNA Summit: Victim Issues Component, Part II, OVW Fund Transfer National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards International Association of Chiefs of Police VA 2003-RD-CX-K011 $10,000 Closed
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 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
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
2011 Multnomah County Sheriff's Office: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Multnomah County OR 2011-DN-BX-K520 $34,749 Closed
2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Converse County Sheriff's Office. NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Converse County Wyoming WY 2010-DN-BX-K020 $35,658 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
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
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
2008 Cold Hit Reporting Initiative NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations National District Attorneys Association VA 2007-DN-BX-0011 $40,000 Closed
2005 NLRPD: Resolving Cold Cases Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of North Little Rock Arkansas AR 2005-DN-BX-K015 $48,175 Closed
2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA - Violent Crime Cold Case Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2010-DN-BX-K014 $49,343 Closed
2006 Denver DNA Backlog Reduction-Cold Case Project 2006 NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement City And County of Denver CO 2006-DN-BX-K059 $58,725 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 Westchester County DNA Cold Case Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Westchester NY 2005-DN-BX-K004 $64,929 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Albuquerque NM 2005-DN-BX-K014 $75,014 Closed
2008 Johnson County Cold Case Project NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Johnson County Kansas KS 2008-DN-BX-K214 $80,000 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
2012 Ocala Police Department Cold Case Homicide Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Ocala FL 2012-DN-BX-K015 $81,939 Closed
2014 Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cold Case Review Team NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2014-DN-BX-K083 $90,000 Closed
2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA U.S. Department of Justice1/1/13 - 6/30/14 NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Torrance CA 2012-DN-BX-K011 $93,175 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA St. Louis County MO 2005-DN-BX-K027 $97,385 Closed
2008 2008 Solving Cold Cases Through DNA Grant NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Orlando FL 2008-DN-BX-K310 $98,838 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of North Miami Beach FL 2005-DN-BX-K023 $106,743 Closed
2009 2009 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Grant NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Orlando FL 2009-DN-BX-K005 $115,296 Closed