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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Number of Awards: 59
Total Amount Awarded: $44,756,615

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2013	Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: Proposed inoculant and antidote for feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2013-IJ-CX-0010	$25,000	Closed
2017	A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	2017-IJ-CX-0012	$31,771	Closed
2010	MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assiatance Program	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2010-DY-BX-K006	$48,298	Closed
2015	Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the InnocentUniversity of Kansas School of Law Multi-State Partnership for Innocence	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.	KS	2015-DY-BX-K004	$122,994	Closed
2018	Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-DU-BX-0226	$171,041	Closed
2007	Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy	NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence	Augsburg College	MN	2007-IJ-CX-0046	$236,577	Closed
2015	Orange County Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	County of Orange	CA	2015-DY-BX-K003	$250,000	Closed
2008	Post-Conviction DNA Testing	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Washington Department of Commerce	WA	2008-DN-BX-K127	$250,306	Closed
2010	Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota	MN	2010-DY-BX-K007	$253,534	Closed
2009	Maryland Postconviction DNA Analysis	NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2009-DN-BX-K241	$307,000	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2014	SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	State Appellate Defender Office	MI	2014-DY-BX-K004	$337,314	Closed
2013	Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Urban Institute	DC	2013-IJ-CX-0004	$367,894	Closed
2014	Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures	NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Texas State University	TX	2014-IJ-CX-0037	$389,690	Closed
2014	Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Committee for Public Counsel Services	MA	2014-DY-BX-K003	$391,345	Closed
2015	Postconviction DNA Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office	IL	2015-DY-BX-K007	$400,701	Closed
2015	Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	HI	2015-DY-BX-K002	$410,492	Closed
2015	WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University	MI	2015-DY-BX-K008	$418,099	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing.	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Prosecuting Attorneys' Council	GA	2013-DY-BX-K007	$424,038	Closed
2012	SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	State Appellate Defender Office	MI	2012-MU-BX-K012	$429,087	Closed
2011	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	American University	DC	2009-IJ-CX-4110	$450,858	Closed
2013	Expanding Postconviction DNA Testing for Innocent Washington Prisoners	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Washington State Patrol	WA	2013-DY-BX-K005	$472,170	Closed
2008	2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Texas Office of the Governor	TX	2008-DN-BX-K169	$500,000	Closed
2012	MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	State of Maryland	MD	2012-DY-BX-K005	$510,324	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	WI	2013-DY-BX-K004	$511,438	Closed