NIJ seeks proposals from States and units of local government for funding to identify, review, and investigate "violent crime cold cases" that have the potential to be solved using DNA analysis, and to locate and analyze the biological evidence associated with these cases. Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated inconclusive DNA results may now be successfully analyzed.
Notice
In fiscal 2020, all state and local forensic capacity enhancement programs previously administered by NIJ moved to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Any future funding opportunities under this program will be released by BJA. Visit BJA.ojp.gov to learn more about this program and future opportunities.
Awards
Number of Awards: 22
Total Amount Awarded: $7,580,191
2012 Denver Cold Case Project
2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012 Solving Cold Cases With DNA
A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.
Cold Case Squad and DNA Project
Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA
FY12 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA
FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake
Identifying, Evaluating, and Investigating Violent Cold Case Crimes in Jackson County, Missouri
Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA.
LBPD Solving Cold Cases with DNA 12
Miami-Dade Police Department/Solving Cold Cases with DNA
NYC Law Enforcement Collaboration for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
Ocala Police Department Cold Case Homicide Project
Operation Cold Case Review
Review, prioritization, investigation and prosecution of over 170 unsolved homicide cases in Tacoma, Pierce County and surrounding areas.
Riverside County 2012 Grant for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
Solving Cold Cases with DNA
Solving Cold Cases With DNA
Solving Cold Cases with DNA U.S. Department of Justice1/1/13 - 6/30/14
The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing.
This application is submitted in order to facilitate the resolution of Unresolved crimes to include but not be limited to homicides and sexual assault.
Similar Opportunities
- NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
- Research and Evaluation on Crime Laboratory Systems and Processes, Fiscal Year 2021
- NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Crime Control and Prevention: Impact of Technology on Policing