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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
                                                  Recipient
                                                  StateSort descending
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2013
                                                                                        Massachusetts Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Committee for Public Counsel Services
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2013-DY-BX-K006
                                                                                        $613,205
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        Committee for Public Counsel Services
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2014-DY-BX-K003
                                                                                        $391,345
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assiatance Program
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2010-DY-BX-K006
                                                                                        $48,298
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent
                                                                                        Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-DY-BX-K008
                                                                                        $418,099
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2010
                                                                                        Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative
                                                                                        NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2010-DY-BX-K007
                                                                                        $253,534
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence
                                                                                        Augsburg College
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-0046
                                                                                        $236,577
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        2011-DY-BX-K002
                                                                                        $658,348
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction
                                                                                        NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research on Exoneration
                                                                                        George Mason University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2009-IJ-CX-0110
                                                                                        $589,315
                                                                                        Closed2008
                                                                                        Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files
                                                                                        NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program
                                                                                        Virginia Department of Forensic Science
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2008-DN-BX-K128
                                                                                        $4,520,295
                                                                                        Closed
  
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