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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: 7,483
Total Amount Awarded: $3,962,529,045

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team TrueFit Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team TrueFit 2021-nij-rec-ch-0025 $140,000 Closed
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team VT-ISE Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team VT-ISE 2021-nij-rec-ch-0014 $5,000 Closed
2021 Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF $590,041 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Physics and Mathematical Models for Error Quantifications in Comparative 3D Microscopy for Physical Match Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04141-RESS $742,590 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Police Response to Civil Disturbances: Understanding Strengths, Challenges, and Organizational Learning through After Action Reports Research and Evaluation on Policing Strategies for Civil Disturbances, Fiscal Year 2021 THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02707-RESS $642,315 Open
2021 Policing the Rainbow: Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02715-RESS $654,179 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO $240,594 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS $713,519 Open
2021 Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB $585,726 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004 $475,000 Open
2021 Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021 DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS $846,480 Open
2021 Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS $705,856 Open
2021 Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO $567,682 Open
2021 Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO $377,311 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL INC MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02726-DOMR $1,126,264 Open
2021 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis of Extremism Exit Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02721-DOMR $1,608,435 Open
2021 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $25,000 Open
2021 Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 15PNIJ-21-GG-02981-TITL $597,436 Open
2021 Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Federal Sentencing Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02817-RESS $49,998 Closed
2021 Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS $600,984 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Operation of the Secretariat of SC 37 under JTC 1 of ISO/IEC AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS $50,000 Open
2021 Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS $837,477 Open
2021 The Implications of Early Justice System Involvement for the Transition to Adulthood: Expansion and Analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NJ 15PNIJ-21-GG-00094-MUMU $1,000,000 Open
2021 The problems with Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC, Delta-10 THC and CBD) and their metabolites detectability in urine drug testing for potential cannabinoid abuse. Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04188-RESS $161,031 Closed
2021 THE TULALIP TRIBAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: A PATH TO WELLNESS Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021 THE TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON WA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02810-RESS $149,957 Declined