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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
2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Analysis NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Alachua County FL 2010-DN-BX-K021 $151,270 Closed
2008 Using DNA to Solve Cold Case Investigations NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anchorage Police Department AK 2008-DN-BX-K211 $500,000 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
2011 Arizona Solving Cold Cases with DNA - Phoenix Police Department NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2011-DN-BX-K546 $499,975 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases in Arizona With DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA Arizona Department of Public Safety AZ 2005-DN-BX-K018 $799,583 Closed
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
2012 Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Attorney General, Alabama AL 2012-DN-BX-K001 $499,997 Closed
2008 Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Attorney General, Alabama AL 2008-DD-BX-K306 $486,761 Closed
2014 FY2014 Solving Cold Cases with DNA - Attorney General, Alabama NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Attorney General, Alabama AL 2014-DN-BX-K063 $125,000 Closed
2010 Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Attorney General, Alabama AL 2010-DN-BX-K168 $467,930 Closed
2010 BCoPD FY2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA Project NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore County Maryland MD 2010-DN-BX-K001 $185,308 Closed
2008 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore County Maryland MD 2008-DN-BX-K404 $187,186 Closed
2011 BCPD FY2011 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Project NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore, County of MD 2011-DN-BX-K519 $176,444 Closed
2009 NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Board of Police Commissioners MO 2009-DN-BX-K010 $499,936 Closed
2007 NIJ FY07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Board of Police Commissioners MO 2007-DN-BX-K017 $497,115 Closed
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
2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charles County Government MD 2012-DN-BX-K030 $246,440 Closed
2008 Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charlotte, City of NC 2008-DN-BX-K411 $197,245 Closed
2011 CMPD Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Charlotte, City of NC 2011-DN-BX-K525 $485,777 Closed
2012 A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Chicago, City of IL 2012-DN-BX-K004 $499,565 Closed
2010 City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department FY2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City And County of Denver CO 2010-DN-BX-K004 $596,273 Closed
2012 2012 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K007 $499,818 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
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
2009 Denver Police Department Crime Laboratory Bureau - Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver; Denver Police Department CO 2009-DN-BX-K012 $530,642 Closed