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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.

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Untangling the Web of Violence: The Network Effects of Civil Gang Injunctions Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSB CA 2017-JF-FX-0043 $120,208 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police Signaling on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OH 2018-VA-CX-0002 $714,199 Closed
2018 Validating Conclusion Scales in the Forensic Sciences NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-DU-BX-0212 $249,206 Closed
2018 Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2018-DU-BX-0194 $499,318 Closed
2018 Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2016-MU-MU-0067 $75,000 Closed
2018 What Constitutes Success? Evaluating Legal Services for Victims of Crime NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ASSOCIATION, INC. DC 2018-ZD-CX-0005 $694,288 Closed
2018 Young Adult Court: A New Approach to Justice NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2018-R2-CX-K001 $783,834 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Youth Initiated Mentoring:Investigating an innovative approach to mentoring at-risk youth Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Massachussetts Boston MA 2013-JU-FX-0005 $499,323 Closed
2017 #WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence KING, COUNTY OF WA 2017-VA-CX-0034 $406,079 Closed
2017 A Comparison of Postmortem and Perimortem Rib Fracture Patterns in Articulated and Disarticulated Ribs NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2017-IJ-CX-0006 $50,000 Closed
2017 A Confirmatory Test for Sperm in Sexual Assault Samples using a Microfluidic-Integrated Cell Phone Imaging System NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE CA 2017-NE-BX-0004 $369,224 Closed
2017 A Dental Anthropological Databank for Use in the Statistical Estimation of Ancestry and Sex in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 2017-DN-BX-0143 $422,514 Closed
2017 A Developmental Study of the Keeping Kids in School Initiative NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2017-CK-BX-0018 $999,333 Closed
2017 A highly sensitive magnetic nanoparticle based method for reliable and efficient screening of forensic evidence samples NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes INNOGENOMICS TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. LA 2017-NE-BX-0007 $350,656 Closed
2017 A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Victimization at Schools: Prevalence, Predictors, and Negative Consequence NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE TX 2017-CK-BX-0010 $364,469 Closed
2017 A Low-Cost Isothermal Amplification Microdevice for Rapid Colorimetric Detection Applied to Body Fluid Identification and Y-screening NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2017-NE-BX-0008 $387,106 Closed
2017 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $48,818 Open
2017 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,994 Closed
2017 A Multi-level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2017-ZA-CX-0001 $748,576 Closed
2017 A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DC 2017-R2-CX-0007 $50,000 Closed
2017 A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders NIJ FY17 Research on Hate Crimes UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2017-VF-GX-0003 $499,368 Closed
2017 A Point Process Model with Spatiotemporal Covariates for Predicting Crime NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Carnegie Mellon University PA 2016-R2-CX-0021 $49,548 Closed
2017 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 Closed
2017 A proposal to operate the National Criminal Justice Technology Resource Center. NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications Leidos Innovations Corporation MD 2014-IJ-CX-K404 $7,069,658 Closed