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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: Wrongful convictions

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

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
2008 Arizona Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Project NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2008-DN-BX-K145 $1,386,699 Closed
2008 Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K128 $4,520,295 Closed
2008 Kentucky Innocence Project NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet KY 2008-DN-BX-K184 $1,164,441 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
2009 A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research on Exoneration George Mason University VA 2009-IJ-CX-0110 $589,315 Closed
2009 Colorado Justice Review Project NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program ATTORNEY GENERAL COLORADO CO 2009-DN-BX-K242 $1,186,781 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
2009 Minnesota Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2009-DN-BX-K239 $859,527 Closed
2009 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State of North Carolina NC 2009-DN-BX-K247 $566,980 Closed
2009 Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2009-DN-BX-K245 $1,376,206 Closed
2009 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2009-DY-BX-K240 $2,500,000 Closed
2009 The Connecticut Post Conviction DNA testing program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program STATE OF CONNECTICUT CT 2009-DY-BX-K243 $1,486,134 Closed
2009 US DOJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2009-DY-BX-K246 $924,648 Closed
2009 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2009-DN-BX-K244 $647,286 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
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
2010 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Assistance
Program - FFY'10
NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2010-DY-BX-K004 $576,631 Closed
2010 Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2010-DY-BX-K005 $687,448 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
2011 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2011-DY-BX-K001 $2,239,121 Closed
2011 Colorado Justice Review Project II NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Attorney General, Colorado CO 2011-DY-BX-K005 $1,208,077 Closed
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2010 NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Washington State Patrol WA 2010-DY-BX-K404 $576,631 Closed
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2011-DY-BX-K003 $1,152,958 Closed