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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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                                                  Status2009
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Maryland Postconviction DNA Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K241
                                                                                        $307,000
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Minnesota Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K239
                                                                                        $859,527
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Colorado Justice Review Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        ATTORNEY GENERAL COLORADO
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K242
                                                                                        $1,186,781
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Governor's Office of Emergency Services
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2009-DY-BX-K240
                                                                                        $2,500,000
                                                                                        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
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