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 Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2018	Physical Characteristics of Spatter Stains on Textiles: Influence of Impact Surface Texture, Blood Drop Volume and Blood Drop Velocity	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	NC	2018-R2-CX-0033	$272,463	Closed
2018	Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2018-R2-CX-0034	$681,664	Closed
2018	Piloting a Comprehensive Caregiver Intervention: A Pathway to Preventing Elder Mistreatment	NIJ FY18 Continuations	University of Southern California	CA	2016-ZD-CX-K008	$1,000,000	Closed
2018	Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-MU-MU-0003	$178,080	Closed
2018	Population distribution and factors affecting individual DNA shedding propensity	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	NY	2018-DU-BX-0203	$332,893	Closed
2018	Post-Blast Explosives Attribution	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	MA	2018-DU-BX-0193	$599,738	Declined
2018	Post-Blast Explosives Attribution	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MIT Lincoln Laboratory		DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0002-2	$599,738	Closed
2018	Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research, Housing and Shelter Models for Victims of Crime	NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research	WESTAT, INC.	MD	2018-MU-MU-0011	$497,335	Closed
2018	Raman Spectroscopy for Body Fluid Investigation	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2018-R2-CX-0019	$97,328	Closed
2018	Recommendation System for Statutory Interpretation in Cybercrime	NIJ FY18 Continuations	University of Pittsburgh	PA	2016-R2-CX-0010	$49,356	Closed
2018	Reducing Gang Violence: A Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE	MD	2018-75-CX-0027	$770,657	Closed
2018	Reducing Traffic Related Officer Fatalities and Injuries through Technology Enhancement and Policy	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY	KS	2018-R2-CX-0024	$496,184	Closed
2018	Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism	NIJ FY18 Continuations	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2016-R2-CX-0023	$50,000	Closed
2018	Research-Based Practice Guide to Address Gang Violence	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	2018-PB-FX-K002	$749,956	Closed
2018	Resolving the Forensic DNA Mixture Problem through the Development of End-to-End Single-Cell Pipelines	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	NJ	2018-DU-BX-0185	$546,727	Closed
2018	Restoring Promise: A randomized control trial examining the impact of innovative young adult housing on reducing violence	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections	VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC.	NY	2018-75-CX-0021	$750,000	Closed
2018	RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities.	NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications	MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY	MS	2018-75-CX-K002	$599,121	Closed
2018	Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	MD	2018-CZ-BX-0026	$985,433	Open
2018	Risk Assessment Implementation and Youth Outcomes: A Multi-Method Study Spanning The Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	University of Cincinnati	OH	2014-MU-FX-0006	$910,045	Closed
2018	Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	2017-R2-CX-0004	$48,630	Closed
2018	Setting Up for Success: Improving Defendant's Court Appearance Rates with Behaviorally-Informed Pretrial Notification Protocols	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice	NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS	VA	2018-R2-CX-0029	$249,071	Open
2018	Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0008	$41,856	Closed
2018	Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	IN	2018-DU-BX-0215	$642,979	Closed
2018	Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	2017-R2-CX-0008	$50,000	Closed
2018	Solve Crime. Build Trust? Investigating Homicides and Shootings in Los Angeles	NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices	JUSTICE AND SECURITY STRATEGIES, INC.	MD	2018-75-CX-0003	$500,000	Closed