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: 7,395
Total Amount Awarded: $3,909,610,287

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	OH	15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB	$533,204	Open
2021	Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program through a Phased Evaluation Approach Using an Implementation Science Mixed Methods Approach		GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	GA	2020-CZ-BX-0014	$999,986	Open
2021	Assessment of the Added Value of New Quantitative Methodologies for the Analysis of Surface Soils in Forensic Soil Comparisons	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02711-SLFO	$451,621	Open
2021	Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Implications of Removing Police from Schools for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02818-RESS	$49,837	Closed
2021	Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO	$988,559	Open
2021	Comparative Evaluation of Genotyping Technologies for Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Sexual Assault Casework	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC.	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04143-MUMU	$437,383	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP	$437,665	Open
2021	Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	SC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA	$357,234	Open
2021	Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium		THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2018-75-CX-K006	$1,500,000	Open
2021	Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium	NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium	RAND CORPORATION, THE	CA	2018-75-CX-K006	$1,500,000	Open
2021	Criminal Justice Requirements Resources Consortium		INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE	VA	2018-75-CX-K007	$300,000	Open
2021	Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium		RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-75-CX-K003	$3,500,000	Open
2021	Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium	NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-75-CX-K003	$3,500,000	Open
2021	Data fusion from infrared elemental, MSP and Raman analysis techniques to the maximization of the efficiency of the analytical sequence for the forensic examination of paint evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04163-RESS	$338,823	Open
2021	Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO	$406,468	Open
2021	Deep Learning to Enhance Investigative Lead Information for Automotive Clear Coats	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	OK	15PNIJ-21-GG-04182-RESS	$196,373	Open
2021	Detection and identification of hair dyes directly at a crime scene by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04169-RESS	$368,745	Open
2021	Developing a Culturally and Trauma-Informed Teen Dating Violence Algorithm: A Continuation of the VIP Study	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02803-MUMU	$600,000	Open
2021	Domestic Terrorism: Using Psychosocial, Trauma-Related, and Life History Variables to Inform Intervention and Prevention	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	THE CNA CORPORATION	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02723-DOMR	$592,637	Open
2021	Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS	$484,798	Closed
2021	Enhancing Procedural Justness of Encounters Through Substantiation (EPJETS): The Atlantic County Randomized Controlled Trial.	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	STOCKTON UNIVERSITY	NJ	15PNIJ-21-GG-02718-RESS	$702,956	Open
2021	Evaluability assessment and development of psychological and behavioral health approaches to prevent terrorism and facilitate reintegration of violent extremists.	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF	MA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02727-DOMR	$981,026	Open
2021	Evaluating the Efficacy of the SAFeR Approach to Improving Legal Responses to IPV: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02800-REVA	$1,221,556	Open
2021	Evaluating the OHTS Tool and Assessing Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03631-MUMU	$648,715	Open
2021	Evaluation of Heat Flux Profiles Through Walls in Support of Fire Model Validation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04167-RESS	$335,000	Past Project Period End Date