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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:** 251**Total Amount Awarded:** $113,116,552
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  AmountSort ascending
                                                  Status2005
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2004-DN-BX-0079
                                                                                        $5,728,286
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Forensic Science Training & Technical Assistance
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2006-MU-BX-K002
                                                                                        $4,951,379
                                                                                        Closed2003
                                                                                        West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative Proposals for FY02 Funds
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        West Virginia University Research Corporation
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2001-RC-CX-K003
                                                                                        $4,000,000
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY2008 Congressionally Directed Funding
                                                                                        NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2008-LT-BX-K002
                                                                                        $1,931,792
                                                                                        Closed2001
                                                                                        Forensic ID Training and Research Resources at WVU
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        West Virginia University Research Corporation
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2001-RC-CX-K003
                                                                                        $1,647,583
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        FY 2007 Technical Assistance Continuation
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        National Forensic Science Technology Center
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2006-MU-BX-K002
                                                                                        $1,552,176
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Denver Integrated Cold Case DNA Unit Demonstration Model Denver, Colorado
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        Denver District Attorney Office
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2007-MU-CX-K223
                                                                                        $1,500,000
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Fresno Police Department's Grant Program for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Fresno
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K006
                                                                                        $1,224,751
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Los Angeles
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K013
                                                                                        $1,130,868
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        2009 Solving Cold Cases With DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Los Angeles
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2009-DN-BX-K007
                                                                                        $1,128,519
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Cold Case Analysis Training for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence
                                                                                        Virginia Center for Policing Innovation
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-K026
                                                                                        $1,060,001
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        FY2008 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement - San Francisco Police Department
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement
                                                                                        San Francisco Police Department
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K189
                                                                                        $1,024,467
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Development of a Self-sustaining, Open Access Forensic STR Sequence Diversity Database
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NC State University
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K062
                                                                                        $945,746
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's 2004 Solving Cold Cases With DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K019
                                                                                        $882,399
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases in Arizona With DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Arizona Department of Public Safety
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K018
                                                                                        $799,583
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        New York City Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2011-DN-BX-K527
                                                                                        $796,829
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Funding of DNA testing for law enforcement in the state of Hawaii, to resolve violent crime "cold cases" and missing person cases.  The violent crimes would include, but is not limited to; Homicides a
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        State of Hawaii
                                                                                        HI
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K026
                                                                                        $790,276
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        City of Phoenix, Police Department
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K124
                                                                                        $749,695
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Indiana State Police
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K028
                                                                                        $728,970
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Fulton County
                                                                                        GA
                                                                                        2005-DN-BX-K017
                                                                                        $714,150
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Colorado Cold Case review and DNA analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
                                                                                        Colorado Department of Public Safety
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2010-DN-BX-K234
                                                                                        $687,250
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        University of North Texas Health Science Center
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0154
                                                                                        $682,474
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Testing new methods for degraded DNA recovery and next-generation sequencing
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0218
                                                                                        $669,898
                                                                                        Closed
  
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