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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

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Skeletal Age Estimation in Modern U.S. Adults: The Effects of Activity, Body Mass, and Osteoarthritis on Age-Related Changes in the Acetabulum NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Florida Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0009 $42,671 Closed
2015 Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2015-ZA-BX-0004 $386,194 Closed
2015 South Dakota Forensic Laboratory FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2015-CD-BX-0023 $63,705 Closed
2015 South Dakota FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Office of The Attorney General SD 2015-DN-BX-0060 $150,719 Closed
2015 State of Nebraska - DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program State of Nebraska NE 2015-DN-BX-0102 $276,018 Closed
2015 Statewide NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2015-DN-BX-0117 $720,453 Closed
2015 Statistical and Mass Spectral Tools for the Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-IJ-CX-K008 $239,652 Closed
2015 Strengthening the evaluation and interpretation of glass evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-DN-BX-K049 $230,471 Closed
2015 Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Underwriters Laboratories Inc. IL 2015-DN-BX-K052 $999,081 Closed
2015 Studying the Impact of Video Analytics for Pre, Live and Post Event Analysis on Outcomes of Criminal Justice NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-K025 $1,299,551 Closed
2015 Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation and Use NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K051 $396,719 Closed
2015 Suffolk County Forensic Analysis Improvement Program 2015 NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2015-CD-BX-0070 $95,585 Closed
2015 Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies: Utilization, Characteristics and Costs NIJ FY 15 Research into the Use of Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies RAND Corporation CA 2015-IJ-CX-K004 $499,106 Closed
2015 Supplement to NIJ's Violence Against Indian Women (VAIW) Visiting Executive Research Fellowship: NIJ Cooperative Agreement # 2012-PJ-BX-K001 NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations University of Alaska AK 2012-PJ-BX-K001 $65,268 Closed
2015 Supplement to the Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to provide funding to support three comparison sites. NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Yale University CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,975 Open
2015 Suspension Practices in the Context of PBIS: Implications for K-8 Students in the School District of Philadelphia NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2015-CK-BX-0013 $883,519 Closed
2015 Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Washington State University WA 2015-DN-BX-K073 $517,243 Closed
2015 Tennessee's FFY 2015 DBRG Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2015-DN-BX-0116 $2,162,375 Closed
2015 Testing and Evaluating Body Worn Video Technology in the Los Angeles Police Department NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Los Angeles Police Foundation CA 2014-R2-CX-0101 $938,700 Closed
2015 The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-IJ-CX-K006 $333,582 Closed
2015 The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications University of Maryland MD 2012-R2-CX-4017 $63,818 Closed
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2015 The FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program for Anoka County - Tri County Regional Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Anoka County of MN 2015-DN-BX-0023 $55,500 Closed
2015 The Health Care Cost of Elder Abuse: An Analysis of Medicare, Medicaid, and Adult Protective Services Data in Maine, 2006 through 2014 NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals University of Southern Maine ME 2015-ZD-CX-0003 $328,940 Closed
2015 The Implementation of a Forensic Workstation Increases the Timeliness and Efficiency of Evidence Processing in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Dinwiddie VA 2015-CD-BX-0050 $23,183 Closed