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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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  Subtopic: Forensic anthropology
**Number of Awards:** 146**Total Amount Awarded:** $96,717,206
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort ascending
                                                  Status2017
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $7,455,832
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ FY19 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $5,500,000
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $5,000,000
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2015
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-MU-BX-K063
                                                                                        $5,000,000
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $4,700,000
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $4,288,461
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2014
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Program
                                                                                        FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-MU-BX-K063
                                                                                        $3,750,000
                                                                                        Closed2021
                                                                                        Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
                                                                                        
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-MU-BX-K007
                                                                                        $3,341,165
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2011
                                                                                        UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2011-MU-BX-K063
                                                                                        $2,600,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        NIJ FY15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K070
                                                                                        $2,238,750
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) - FY 10 Continuation Funding
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $2,200,000
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY2008 NamUs Project
                                                                                        NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $1,780,000
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        FY09 NamUs Continuation Funding
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K023
                                                                                        $1,677,000
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO
                                                                                        $1,087,985
                                                                                        Open2009
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K205
                                                                                        $1,000,000
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Continuing Professional Education Program in Forensic Anthropology by Syracuse University
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        Syracuse University
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K201
                                                                                        $912,579
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Investigation of subadult dental age-at-death estimation using transition analysis and machine learning methods
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0182
                                                                                        $898,550
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        2009 UNTHSC Training Proposal
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
                                                                                        UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K184
                                                                                        $886,958
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Fluvial Transport of Human Remains: Forensic Application of a HEC-RAS Model for Predicting Search Parameters for Human Remains Recovered from the Sacramento River, CA
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0159
                                                                                        $866,896
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2015
                                                                                        Microbial Clocks for Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Remains at Three Anthropological Research Facilities
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        The Regents of the University of Colorado
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K016
                                                                                        $863,485
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Quantitative Assessment of Fracture Characteristics in Blunt Force Skeletal Trauma for Forensic Interpretations
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04219-SLFO
                                                                                        $818,054
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0025
                                                                                        $808,296
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Subadult Ancestry Estimation Using Craniometrics, Macromorphoscopics, Odontometrics, and Dental Morphology
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
                                                                                        NV
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0039
                                                                                        $785,847
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0044
                                                                                        $783,744
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology: Improving the Accuracy of Trauma Analysis and Expert Testimony
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0040
                                                                                        $782,183
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date
  
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