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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
                                                  Status2017
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0047
                                                                                        $519,893
                                                                                        Open2010
                                                                                        Target: Tactical Automated Response using GPS Enabled Technologies
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Information Technologies: Improved Delivery of Information to the Officer at the Scene
                                                                                        Automated Regional Justice Information System
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2010-IJ-CX-K011
                                                                                        $289,451
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        The Alameda County (California) Sheriff''s Office Collaborating with the National Institute of Justice to Perform Necessary Investigative Research to Identify Cold Cases That Can Be Solved with DNA.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        County of Alameda, California
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2014-DN-BX-K065
                                                                                        $267,952
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor''s Office will lead the Cuyahoga County Cold Case Squad - a multi-agency partnership between the prosecutor, police & the coroner to investigate Cold Cases using DNA.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Cuyahoga County Prosecutor''s Office
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K254
                                                                                        $499,995
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project
                                                                                        Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-0001
                                                                                        $200,000
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        The Knox County Sheriff''s Office seeks funding to expand its Cold Case Unit to use DNA technology to solve their violent cold cases, utilizing funds for overtime, two new positions and four part time
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Knox County Sheriff''s Office
                                                                                        TN
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K166
                                                                                        $267,584
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Miami, Florida
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K016
                                                                                        $500,000
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        The University of North Texas Center for Human Identifcation Project: Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, FY 2010
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K206
                                                                                        $2,808,508
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: To Perform Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis on Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODI
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-K200
                                                                                        $1,400,000
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification Project: Using DNATechnology to Identify the Missing. Fiscal Year 2009
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K164
                                                                                        $2,505,389
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        This application is submitted in order to facilitate the resolution of Unresolved crimes to include but not be limited to homicides and sexual assault.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Worcester, Masschusetts
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2012-DN-BX-K008
                                                                                        $231,503
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        To Support a Training Initiative for Personnel in the Area of Computer Crime Investigations
                                                                                        NIJ FY09 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        Marshall University Research Corporation
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2009-IJ-CX-K011
                                                                                        $825,000
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Translating ''Near Repeat'' Theory into a Geospatial Police Strategy: A Randomized Experiment testing a Theoretically-Informed Strategy for Preventing Residential Burglary
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Testing Geospatial Police Strategies and Exploring their Relationship to Criminological Theories
                                                                                        Police Foundation
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2012-IJ-CX-0039
                                                                                        $397,344
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Tucson Police Department's Grant Program for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Tucson
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2007-DN-BX-K138
                                                                                        $449,727
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Understanding the Expert Decision Making Process in Forensic Footwear Examinations:  Accuracy, Decision Rules, Predictive Value and the Conditional Probability of an Outcome
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0152
                                                                                        $213,735
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Unsolved Homicides Unit - Investigations and Forensic Examinations of Orange County's Unsolved Homicides
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        County of Orange
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K016
                                                                                        $352,480
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) Phase II
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery
                                                                                        WetStone Technologies, Inc.
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2010-FD-CX-K021
                                                                                        $194,916
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0032
                                                                                        $985,950
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2013
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Using DNA Technology on Unidentified Individuals from New York City's Potter's Field
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K038
                                                                                        $598,636
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing
                                                                                        City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K131
                                                                                        $348,511
                                                                                        Closed
  
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