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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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                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2007
                                                                                        FY 07 Solving Cold Case with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Oakland - Oakland Police Department
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $273,870
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing ' University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K157
                                                                                        $2,552,511
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing - Virginia Department of Forensic Science
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        Virginia Department of Forensic Science
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K154
                                                                                        $443,682
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        FY 2009 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Oakland
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K264
                                                                                        $582,088
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        FY 2014 Indianapolis Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Indianapolis
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K084
                                                                                        $255,869
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        State of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety
                                                                                        NJ
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K195
                                                                                        $353,843
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        FY12 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Boston
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K005
                                                                                        $314,372
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K029
                                                                                        $303,645
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        FY2009 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City Of Boston
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K253
                                                                                        $491,265
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        FY2010 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Portland
                                                                                        OR
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K040
                                                                                        $280,453
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Glendale Police Department Cold Case Investigation Pilot Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Glendale Police Department
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K132
                                                                                        $238,042
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K194
                                                                                        $743,000
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Hate Crimes in Miami-Dade County: Improving Awareness, Service Delivery, Reporting, Investigation, and Prosecution
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research on Hate Crimes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0031
                                                                                        $499,597
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Hennepin County Cold Case DNA Team Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Hennepin County
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K336
                                                                                        $494,433
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Hillsborough County Sheriff?s Office Solving Part I Violent Crime Cold Cases With DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Hillsborough County Sheriff''s Office
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K204
                                                                                        $500,000
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Hollywood Police Department's Cold Case Initiative
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Hollywood
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K523
                                                                                        $224,974
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Identifying & Investigating Cold Case Crimes in Jackson County.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Jackson County Prosecutor''s Office
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K008
                                                                                        $504,524
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Identifying the Missing in Virginia 2010
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        Virginia Department of Forensic Science
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K130
                                                                                        $468,640
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Identifying the Missing of Minnesota:  A Comprehensive Approach
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        MN Dept. of Public Safety - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K054
                                                                                        $363,485
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Identifying, Evaluating, and Investigating Violent Cold Case Crimes in Jackson County, Missouri
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney''s Office
                                                                                        MO
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K031
                                                                                        $415,829
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS
                                                                                        $229,454
                                                                                        Open2013
                                                                                        Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2013-R2-CX-0006
                                                                                        $760,230
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Improving Machine Learning Methods for Predicting the Postmortem Interval Using Microbiome Data
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
                                                                                        COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2018-R2-CX-0017
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Improving Strategies for Investigating & Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A National Yet Local Approach
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-01000-RESS
                                                                                        $994,787
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Improving the Investigation, Clearance Rates, and Victim Restoration of Robberies: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019
                                                                                        GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0024
                                                                                        $548,246
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