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.

Number of Awards: 7,469
Total Amount Awarded: $3,953,941,280

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Improved Officer Decision-Making and Stress Management with Virtual Environments	NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2017-R2-CX-0025	$914,757	Closed
2017	Improved sample collection and preservation of DNA from decomposing human remains; A direct PCR approach for faster disaster victim identification (DVI)	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0029	$48,907	Closed
2017	Improvement of School Climate Assessment in Virginia Secondary Schools	NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	2017-CK-BX-0007	$999,802	Closed
2017	Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	CO	2016-DN-BX-4194	$684,273	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking	NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1	$207,700	Closed
2017	Improving officer decision-making: Can personality predict outcomes in use of force decisions?	NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE	NC	2017-R2-CX-0030	$432,159	Closed
2017	Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	University of Denver	CO	2015-R2-CX-0024	$43,719	Closed
2017	Incorporating Graph-Based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Michigan State University	MI	2015-R2-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2017	Increasing identifications of deceased border crossers: investigating spatial and skeletal attributes of migrant deaths	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Michigan State University	MI	2017-IJ-CX-0002	$36,148	Closed
2017	Increasing Safety in High Need Schools: an Evaluation of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools	NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	CORNELL UNIVERSITY	NY	2017-CK-BX-0012	$2,975,446	Closed
2017	Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ASSOCIATION, INC.	DC	2017-MU-CX-0005	$597,532	Closed
2017	Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City	NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction)	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-R2-CX-0012	$316,125	Past Project Period End Date
2017	INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING RADICALIZATION RISK: RISK TERRAIN MODELING AND CONJUNCTIVE ANALYSIS	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM	AR	2017-ZA-CX-0004	$715,996	Closed
2017	Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution: Assessing victimization and perpetration sequencing and proximal determinants	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-VF-GX-0103	$452,891	Closed
2017	Interpersonal Violence and Institutional Misconduct in Jails: An Empirical Investigation of Adverse Events in the Los Angeles County Jail System	NIJ FY17 New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY	OR	2017-IJ-CX-0037	$184,636	Closed
2017	Interpretation and Analysis of Recorded Gunshot Sounds	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY	MT	2017-DN-BX-0179	$236,000	Closed
2017	Investigating the Effectiveness of the School Security Climate on Student Connectedness and School Performance	NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Yeshiva University	NY	2017-CK-BX-0008	$1,000,000	Closed
2017	Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE	MI	2017-DN-BX-0166	$576,060	Closed
2017	Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	CA	2017-DN-BX-0148	$464,910	Closed
2017	Lightweight Impact-Resistant and Flame-Retardant Materials: Lessons from Biology	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	The Regents of the University of California	CA	2016-R2-CX-0015	$49,268	Closed
2017	Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Chicago	IL	2017-MU-MU-0042	$532,286	Closed
2017	Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	2017-VF-GX-0005	$725,999	Closed
2017	Making Schools Safer and/or Creating a Pipeline to Prison: A Study of North Carolina Schools	NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2017-CK-BX-0006	$498,265	Closed
2017	Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications.	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	DC	2017-DN-BX-0164	$492,892	Closed
2017	Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Sam Houston State University	TX	2015-R2-CX-0031	$48,907	Closed