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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.

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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

Number of Awards: 7,383
Total Amount Awarded: $3,910,663,426

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K013 $564,875 Closed
2015 Bullying and Violence on the School Bus: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Behavioral Management Strategies NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Research Triangle Institute NC 2015-CK-BX-0006 $677,259 Closed
2015 California’s "Realignment": Understanding Local Legal Compliance in A Potential Era of Prison Downsizing NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Regents of the University of California CA 2015-IJ-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2015 Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization through Crime Reporting NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Northeastern University MA 2015-VF-GX-0105 $462,973 Closed
2015 Case Completion Time Improvement and Backlog Reduction Program for The Monroe County Office of the Medical Examiner NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Monroe County NY 2015-CD-BX-0018 $174,968 Closed
2015 Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-DN-BX-K050 $244,072 Closed
2015 Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Parent Aggression in Two Generations NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence Oregon Social Learning Center OR 2015-R2-CX-0003 $407,802 Closed
2015 Coaching teachers in detection and intervention related to bullying NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2015-CK-BX-0008 $999,952 Closed
2015 Cognitive Human Factors and Forensic Document Examiner Methods and Procedures NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Kentucky State University KY 2015-DN-BX-K069 $728,615 Open
2015 Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K025 $188,198 Closed
2015 Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Tennessee TN 2015-IJ-CX-K015 $264,842 Closed
2015 Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2015-R2-CX-0039 $39,997 Closed
2015 Comprehensive Approaches to Addressing Mental Health Needs and Enhancing School Security: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2015-CK-BX-0017 $4,430,775 Closed
2015 Comprehensive Optimization of the Use ofReal-Time Video Technology in Urban Policing Phase 2 NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Chicago, City of IL 2014-R2-CX-K002 $541,222 Closed
2015 Comprehensive School Safety in Atlanta Public Schools NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2015-CK-BX-K001 $7,499,668 Closed
2015 Construction of the Forensic Microbiome Database with Enhanced GeoSourcing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes J. Craig Venter Institute MD 2015-R2-CX-K036 $962,800 Closed
2015 Continuation Funding for 2014-R2-CX-0005 NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2014-R2-CX-0005 $481,374 Closed
2015 Cost-Effective Printed Microfluidic Devices for Rapid Screening of Narcotics at the Point of Interdiction NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2015-R2-CX-0033 $50,000 Closed
2015 Coverdell 15 NIJ NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Long Beach CA 2015-CD-BX-0073 $50,011 Closed
2015 CPD Forensic Services Division Training Initiative NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Charleston SC 2015-CD-BX-0017 $12,300 Closed
2015 Crime Lab Accreditation and Certification NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Culver City CA 2015-CD-BX-0071 $17,245 Closed
2015 Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Baylor College of Medicine TX 2015-R2-CX-0040 $39,999 Closed
2015 Decrease the Controlled Substance and Firearm Analysis Backlog Utilizing Overtime NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oregon State Police OR 2015-CD-BX-0063 $93,922 Closed
2015 Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Texas at Dallas TX 2015-IJ-CX-K014 $639,450 Closed
2015 Developing Empirically-Driven Public Corruption Prevention Strategies NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on White-Collar Crime and Public Corruption Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2015-IJ-CX-0007 $412,108 Closed