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Awardee Name: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Number of Awards: 27
Total Amount Awarded: $12,784,772

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Justice Collaborative – Use of DNA Testing to Resolve Conviction Integrity Unit Cases FY 2023 Invited to Apply – Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence (Supplements) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PBJA-21-GG-02630-POST $246,310 Open
2022 Student Driven Approach Utilizing Innovative Technology to End School Violence FY 2022 Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence Program UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PBJA-22-GG-04693-STOP $2,000,000 Open
2021 Juan Rivera Justice Partnership FY 2021 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Site Based and Training and Technical Assistance Program UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PBJA-21-GG-03604-WRNG $300,000 Open
2021 Justice Collaborative – Use of DNA Testing to Resolve Conviction Integrity Unit Cases UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PBJA-21-GG-02630-POST $494,216 Open
2021 UIPD BWC UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PBJA-21-GG-04456-BWCX $28,997 Open
2019 Non-DNA Post-Conviction Claims of Actual Innocence BJA FY 19 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2019-FA-BX-0010 $264,700 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence FY 2019 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2019-DY-BX-0003 $304,626 Closed
2017 NIJ FY17 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence FY 2017 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2017-DY-BX-0003 $772,593 Closed
2015 Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives University of Illinois Springfield IL 2015-DY-BX-K005 $753,958 Closed
2014 Law Enforcement and Missing Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Project BJA FY 14 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement and Missing Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2014-SJ-BX-K001 $435,304 Closed
2013 Wrongful Conviction Review Program (Non-DNA) BJA FY 13 Wrongful Conviction Review Program University of Illinois at Springfield IL 2014-FA-BX-0004 $249,999 Closed
2012 Law Enforcement and Missing Person's with Alzheimer's Disease BJA FY 12 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement and Missing Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2012-SJ-BX-K002 $593,810 Closed
2011 Central District of Illinois FY 2011 Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative BJA FY 11 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)) University of Illinois at Springfield IL 2011-GP-BX-0034 $71,823 Closed
2011 Non-DNA Innocence Cases in Downstate Illinois BJA FY 11 Wrongful Conviction Review Program University of Illinois at Springfield IL 2011-FA-BX-0010 $249,319 Closed
2011 Northern District of Illinois FY2011 PSN Initiative BJA FY 11 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)) The University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2011-GP-BX-0053 $170,671 Closed
2010 Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (CPVP) Project Cease Fire BJA FY 10 Congressionally Selected University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2010-DD-BX-0670 $250,000 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Congressionally Selected Awards - District 11 BJA FY 10 Congressionally Selected University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2010-DD-BX-0669 $500,000 Closed
2009 Chicago Project for Violence Prevention: CeaseFire Program BJA FY 09 Congressionally Selected University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2009-D1-BX-0138 $500,000 Closed
2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative - NDIL BJA FY 09 Project Safe Neighborhoods The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2009-GP-BX-0034 $208,323 Closed
2008 CeaseFire Chicago Police District Eleven (11) Congressionally Mandated Award University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2008-DD-BX-0591 $44,717 Closed
2008 CeaseFire-Chicago Police District Eleven (11) Congressionally Mandated Award University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2008-DD-BX-0590 $361,545 Closed
2008 Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative BJA FY 08 Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2008-GP-BX-0009 $500,000 Closed
2008 Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative BJA FY 08 Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2008-PG-BX-0007 $2,000,000 Closed
2008 Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative BJA FY 08 Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2008-GP-CX-4020 $269,485 Closed
2007 CeaseFire Project-Chicago Police District 11 BJA FY 07 Byrne Discretionary: Enhancing Local Law Enforcement University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2007-DD-BX-K073 $950,000 Closed