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                            Funding & Awards
 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. Description

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**Number of Awards:** 316**Total Amount Awarded:** $140,121,818
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort descending
                                                  Status2005
                                                                                        Ysa Aly Homicide
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Burlingame California
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K038
                                                                                        $11,365
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Using Behavioral Patterns to Link Serial Rape Offenses:A Multidimensional Approach
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program
                                                                                        Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2013-IJ-CX-0009
                                                                                        $18,000
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Understanding rapport-building in investigative interviews: Does rapport''s effect on witness memory and suggestibility depend on the interviewer?
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program
                                                                                        The Florida International University
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2012-IJ-CX-0007
                                                                                        $24,999
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Countermeasure Mechanisms and Ecological Validity of P300-Based Concealed Information Tests
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program
                                                                                        Northwestern University
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2012-IJ-CX-0022
                                                                                        $25,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Clearwater Cold Case Team Project 2014
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Clearwater
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K086
                                                                                        $30,671
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                        Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0011
                                                                                        $32,000
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Multnomah County Sheriff's Office: Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Multnomah County
                                                                                        OR
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K520
                                                                                        $34,749
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        University of Utah
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-0003
                                                                                        $35,000
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA Converse County Sheriff's Office.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Converse County Wyoming
                                                                                        WY
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K020
                                                                                        $35,658
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        An Investigation into the genetic basis of human facial morphology and its prediction from DNA, using a globally distributed panel of individuals from the US and Europe.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        Trustees of Indiana University
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0023
                                                                                        $37,788
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program
                                                                                        Baylor College of Medicine
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-0040
                                                                                        $39,999
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Using DNA to Identify the Missing in Palm Beach County
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        Village of Royal Palm Beach
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K143
                                                                                        $40,058
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0003
                                                                                        $40,780
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        NLRPD: Resolving Cold Cases
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of North Little Rock Arkansas
                                                                                        AR
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K015
                                                                                        $48,175
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases With DNA - Violent Crime Cold Case Backlog Reduction
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        County of Ventura
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K014
                                                                                        $49,343
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Uniting Yesterday's Cases with Today's Technology: The YCTT Initiative
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Muncie
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K036
                                                                                        $60,500
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        "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
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Westchester County  DNA Cold Case Initiative
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        County of Westchester
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K004
                                                                                        $64,929
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Albuquerque
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K014
                                                                                        $75,014
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Johnson County Cold Case Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Johnson County Kansas
                                                                                        KS
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K214
                                                                                        $80,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        2014 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Orlando
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K078
                                                                                        $81,446
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Ocala Police Department Cold Case Homicide Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Ocala
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K015
                                                                                        $81,939
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        Georgia Tech Research Corporation
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0042
                                                                                        $86,428
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA U.S. Department of Justice1/1/13 - 6/30/14
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Torrance
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K011
                                                                                        $93,175
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        St. Louis County
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K027
                                                                                        $97,385
                                                                                        Closed
  
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