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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
2017 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $48,666 Closed
2017 Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0010 $50,000 Closed
2017 Devlan: Automated Acquisition of Digital Evidence from Large Networks NIJ FY17 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Grier Forensics, LLC MD 2016-IJ-CX-K002 $410,157 Closed
2017 Differentiating Monozygotic Twins with DNA Methylation Technology NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NC State University NC 2017-DN-BX-0178 $207,427 Closed
2017 Disrupting the Pathways to Gang Violence for Youth of Color NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime MULTNOMAH, COUNTY OF OR 2017-MU-MU-0055 $468,740 Closed
2017 Dynamic, Graph-Based Risk Assessments for the Detection of Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories Using Large Scale Social and Behavioral Data NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2017-ZA-CX-0002 $731,194 Closed
2017 Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Correctional Officers: A Biopsychosocial Approach NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System CORRECTIONS KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT KY 2017-R2-CX-0035 $677,990 Closed
2017 Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARC BIO LLC MA 2017-DN-BX-0140 $993,718 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological Samples NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $49,996 Open
2017 Electrochemical Paper-based Sensors for the Trace Detection of Explosives Compounds in a Crime Scene NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2017-DN-BX-0172 $229,923 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $48,648 Closed
2017 Enhancing School Resource Officers Effectiveness through Online Professional and Job Embedded Coaching NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FL 2017-CK-BX-0019 $990,212 Closed
2017 Evaluability Assessment and Baseline Study of OVC’s Vision 21 Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve: Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm Program NIJ FY17 Evaluation of OVC's Vision 21: Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve: Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm Research Triangle Institute NC 2017-VF-GX-0006 $499,826 Closed
2017 Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-CK-BX-0001 $1,081,046 Closed
2017 Evaluating Promising School Staff and Resource-Officer Approaches for Reducing Harsh Discipline, Suspensions and Arrests NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE MD 2017-CK-BX-0014 $2,977,876 Closed
2017 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System to Improve School Safety NIJ FY17 Research, Development, and Evaluation of Technologies to Improve School Safety REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MI 2017-CK-BX-0002 $999,679 Closed
2017 Evaluation of Acute Cell Toxicity of Pyrolytic Products of Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0032 $47,916 Closed
2017 Evaluation of in-prison programming for incarcerated women: Addressing trauma and prior victimization NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0014 $749,534 Closed
2017 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY17 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,225,000 Closed
2017 Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0004 $679,988 Closed
2017 Evaluation of the Supporting Male Survivors of Violence Demonstration Initiative NIJ FY17 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2015-VF-GX-K101 $999,988 Closed
2017 Evaluation of Vision 21: Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth State Demonstration - Supplement #3 NIJ FY17 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. VA 2014-VF-GX-0001 $499,965 Closed
2017 Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC IL 2017-DN-BX-0163 $570,790 Closed
2017 Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE NC 2017-R2-CX-0009 $46,094 Closed
2017 Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2017-IJ-CX-0024 $196,415 Closed