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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: Investigations

Number of Awards: 315
Total Amount Awarded: $139,905,300

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Abt Associates Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0006 $492,113 Closed
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
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
2010 AZ Use of DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2010-DN-BX-K233 $525,058 Closed
2009 Arizona medical examiners'' offices will be reducing the number of unknown decedents by submitting extracted bone and tooth samples for DNA testing and having the profiles entered onto CODIS and NamUS NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2009-DN-BX-K163 $400,000 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
2009 Police Decision Making In Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crimes Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, 2006-2008 NIJ FY09 Research and Evaluation on Sexual and Teen Dating Violence Arizona State University AZ 2009-WG-BX-0009 $204,492 Closed
2014 Radicalization on the Internet: Virtual Extremism in the US from 2012-2017 NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Arkansas State University AR 2014-ZA-BX-0014 $261,503 Closed
2010 MacResponse NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery Assured Information Security, Inc NY 2010-MU-MU-K089 $283,191 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
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 Target: Tactical Automated Response using GPS Enabled Technologies NIJ FY 10 Information Technologies: Improved Delivery of Information to the Officer at the Scene Automated Regional Justice Information System CA 2010-IJ-CX-K011 $289,451 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
2015 Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Baylor College of Medicine TX 2015-R2-CX-0040 $39,999 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
2023 Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS $110,998 Open
2010 Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol NIJ FY 10 Geospatial Technology Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln NE 2010-DE-BX-K001 $294,516 Closed
2008 DNA Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2008-DN-BX-K155 $1,178,085 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2010-DN-BX-K257 $850,000 Closed
2012 Using DNA Technology to Identify theMissing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2012-DN-BX-K056 $804,172 Closed