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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:** 59**Total Amount Awarded:** $44,756,615
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  RecipientSort descending
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2008
                                                                                        Kentucky Innocence Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K184
                                                                                        $1,164,441
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Louisiana Department of Justice
                                                                                        LA
                                                                                        2011-DY-BX-K003
                                                                                        $1,152,958
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Louisiana Department of Justice
                                                                                        LA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K245
                                                                                        $1,376,206
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-K041
                                                                                        $724,294
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        US DOJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        New Mexico Department of Public Safety
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2009-DY-BX-K246
                                                                                        $924,648
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        New Mexico Department of Public Safety
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2014-DY-BX-K005
                                                                                        $620,269
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        FY12 Postconviction New York City Joint Working Group on Postconviction DNA-Testing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2012-DY-BX-K003
                                                                                        $1,256,344
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        2012 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for the NIJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2012-DY-BX-K001
                                                                                        $761,111
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2015-DY-BX-K001
                                                                                        $565,639
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Prosecuting Attorneys' Council
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2013-DY-BX-K007
                                                                                        $424,038
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0226
                                                                                        $171,041
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                        Rutgers University-Newark
                                                                                        NJ
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0012
                                                                                        $31,771
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        State Appellate Defender Office
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2012-MU-BX-K012
                                                                                        $429,087
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        State Appellate Defender Office
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2014-DY-BX-K004
                                                                                        $337,314
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        The Connecticut Post Conviction DNA testing program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        STATE OF CONNECTICUT
                                                                                        CT
                                                                                        2009-DY-BX-K243
                                                                                        $1,486,134
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        State of Maryland
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2012-DY-BX-K005
                                                                                        $510,324
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        State of North Carolina
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K247
                                                                                        $566,980
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Texas Office of the Governor
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K169
                                                                                        $500,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors
                                                                                        Texas State University
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2014-IJ-CX-0037
                                                                                        $389,690
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
                                                                                        WI
                                                                                        2013-DY-BX-K004
                                                                                        $511,438
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
                                                                                        WI
                                                                                        2013-DY-BX-K404
                                                                                        $511,438
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
                                                                                        WI
                                                                                        2015-DY-BX-K006
                                                                                        $633,170
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
                                                                                        HI
                                                                                        2015-DY-BX-K002
                                                                                        $410,492
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        University of Illinois Springfield
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2015-DY-BX-K005
                                                                                        $753,958
                                                                                        Closed
  
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