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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.

This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Research and development OR DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Number of Awards: 5,455
Total Amount Awarded: $3,132,242,549

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 The broad purpose of the Forensic Science Training Program (FSTP) is to contribute to the national effort to elevate standards of practice in the forensic sciences field. NIJ FY 11 Forensic Science Training Delivery and Research Program City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2011-DN-BX-K570 $796,867 Closed
2011 The Connecticut Postconviction DNA Testing Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Public Defender Services CT 2011-DY-BX-K007 $1,392,176 Closed
2011 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $800,000 Closed
2011 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $200,000 Closed
2011 The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science University of New Haven CT 2011-DN-BX-0003 $174,668 Closed
2011 The long-term consequences of gang membership NIJ FY 11 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2011-JP-FX-0101 $25,000 Closed
2011 The Operation of the Corrections Technology Center of Excellence NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Colorado Seminary CO 2010-IJ-CX-K003 $787,576 Closed
2011 Thirty-year Follow-up of the Cycle of Violence NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2011-WG-BX-0013 $311,967 Closed
2011 Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Urban Institute DC 2011-IJ-CX-0026 $498,844 Closed
2011 Unobtrusive Suicide Warning System NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations General Electric Company NY 2011-IJ-CX-K003 $249,928 Closed
2011 Use of pressure cycling technology to enhance DNA yield and profile success in touch samples. NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Harris County, Texas TX 2011-DN-BX-K554 $76,778 Closed
2011 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2011-DY-BX-K006 $778,329 Closed
2010 "Bones in Boxes": Unidentified Human Remains Project NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Charleston County SC 2010-DN-BX-K129 $62,176 Closed
2010 "Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists" NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2010-DN-BX-K177 $499,804 Closed
2010 2010 Byrne Rape Kit Backlog Elimination Program NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards City of Los Angeles CA 2010-DD-BX-K112 $500,000 Closed
2010 2010 Cold Case Squad NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA King County Sheriff''s Office WA 2010-DN-BX-K002 $544,147 Closed
2010 2010 Convicted Offender/Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction- Honolulu Police Department NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program City and County of Honolulu HI 2010-DN-BX-K031 $148,140 Closed
2010 2010 DNA Backlog Reduction, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K097 $796,580 Closed
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Baltimore Police Department NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Baltimore MD 2010-DN-BX-K105 $469,149 Closed
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Broward Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Broward Sheriffs Office FL 2010-DN-BX-K121 $491,061 Closed
2010 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wisconsin NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2010-DN-BX-K151 $713,980 Closed
2010 2010 SLED Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2010-DN-BX-K103 $1,399,617 Closed
2010 2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Los Angeles CA 2010-DN-BX-K013 $1,130,868 Closed
2010 A Dating Violence Prevention Program for Each Grade in Middle School: A Longitudinal Multi-Level Experiment. NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking National Opinion Research Center IL 2010-MU-MU-0008 $807,256 Closed
2010 A Follow-up Evaluation of Hawaii's HOPE Probation NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated Pepperdine University CA 2010-IJ-CX-0016 $191,707 Closed