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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
2012 Use of Novel Chemistry & Microwave Instrumentation to ImproveBody Fluid Assay Sensitivity & Speed while Reducing Costs NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2012-DN-BX-K044 $403,671 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
2012 Waiver of Counsel in Juvenile Court NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense Georgetown University DC 2012-R2-CX-0008 $510,953 Closed
2011 "FY2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program" - Nebraska State Patrol NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Nebraska State Patrol NE 2011-DN-BX-K496 $353,073 Closed
2011 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City and County of Honolulu HI 2011-DN-BX-K416 $263,212 Closed
2011 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Mississippi Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Mississippi Department of Public Safety MS 2011-DN-BX-K430 $559,464 Closed
2011 3D Characterization and Comparison of Fracture Surfaces NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Ames Laboratory (DOE) 2011-DN-R-0230 $355,000 Closed
2011 A Multi-method, Multi-site Study of Gang Desistance NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Crime Control and Prevention: Desistance from Gangs and Gang Related Crime Curators of The University of Missouri On Behalf of The University of Missouri St. Louis MO 2011-MU-MU-0027 $501,337 Closed
2011 A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization NORC at the University of Chicago IL 2011-WG-BX-0020 $899,908 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 Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crimes Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Illinois State University IL 2011-DN-BX-K552 $396,780 Closed
2011 Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project City of Houston TX 2011-DN-BX-0002 $178,076 Closed
2011 Advanced Behavior Recognition in Crowded Environments - Continuation NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations General Electric Company NY 2011-IJ-CX-K004 $249,925 Closed
2011 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice and Technology-Evaluation of Low-Cost Aviation Options for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Sheriffs Association of Texas TX 2009-IJ-CX-K017 $150,000 Closed
2011 Advancing The Use Of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves To Measure Performance Of Forensic Methods NIJ FY 11 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program George Mason University VA 2011-CD-BX-0124 $25,000 Closed
2011 An Examination of the "Marriage Effect" on Desistance from Crime among U.S. Immigrants NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2011-IJ-CX-0002 $99,149 Closed
2011 An Examination of the Conditions Affecting Forensic Scientists: Workplace Productivity and Occupational Stress NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science Michigan State University MI 2011-DN-BX-0006 $129,376 Closed
2011 An In-depth Examination of Batterer Intervention and Alternative Treatment
Approaches for Domestic Violence Offenders 		NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization New York University NY 2011-WG-BX-0002 $275,000 Closed
2011 Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Designer Drugs of the Piperazine Class
This project will address issues of resolution and discriminatory capabilities in controlled substance analysis. 		NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Auburn University AL 2011-DN-BX-K530 $484,819 Closed
2011 Ancestry/Phenotype SNP Analysis & Integration with Established Forensic Markers NIJ FY 11 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program The George Washington University DC 2011-CD-BX-0123 $25,000 Closed
2011 Area 1: Evaluating Reentry in Iowa: Context, Treatment Provision, Individual Propensity and Recidivism NIJ FY 11 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2011-DJ-BX-0505 $225,428 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
2011 Assessing the Effects of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Police Legitimacy, Fear of Crime, and Willingness to Participate in Building Collective Efficacy NIJ FY 11 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University IL 2011-IJ-CX-0007 $395,481 Closed
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed
2011 Automated Multianalyte Screening Tool for Classification of Forensic Samples NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. NC 2011-DN-BX-K556 $996,237 Closed