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 Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2016	Link for Schools: A system to prevent violence and its adverse impacts	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	IA	2016-CK-BX-0006	$3,675,128	Closed
2013	Exiting the Commercial Sex Trade: An Exploratory Study	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.	KS	2013-IJ-CX-0014	$30,000	Closed
2011	DNA Forensics Using Single Molecule Technology: From DNA Recovery and Extraction to Genotyping Degraded and Trace Evidence without PCR	NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.	KS	2011-DN-BX-K542	$587,597	Closed
2017	Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The University of Mississippi	MS	2017-IJ-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2018	Physical and chemical trace evidence from 3D-Printed firearms (Year 2)	NIJ FY18 Continuations	The University of Mississippi	MS	2017-IJ-CX-0001	$50,000	Closed
2014	An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2014-IJ-CX-0028	$491,154	Closed
2010	An analysis of federal human trafficking cases, including the effect of prostitution arrests on trafficking charges filed, using publicly-available data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2010-IJ-CX-1673	$39,087	Closed
2012	Identifying High Risk Prescribers Using PDMP Data: A Tool For Law Enforcement	NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2012-R2-CX-0002	$249,983	Closed
2008	Dating Abuse Prevention in Teens of Moms with Domestic Violence Protection Orders	NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2008-WG-BX-0003	$375,125	Closed
2003	Delinquency in the Child Welfare System	CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION	The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	NC	2003-IJ-CX-1004	$20,000	Closed
2007	Examining the Creation, Distribution, and Function of Malware On-Line	NIJ FY 07 ORE Transnational Crime	The University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	2007-IJ-CX-0018	$280,073	Closed
2007	Three Dimensional Extensions to Geo-Coding Technology for Emergency Response Applications	NIJ FY 07 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals	The University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	2007-DE-BX-K010	$165,173	Closed
2009	Semi-Automated 3D Geo-coding of Large Urban Structures for Deployment of Effective Emergency Response and Communication	NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development	The University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	2009-SQ-B9-K009	$399,995	Closed
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	Past Project Period End Date
2022	DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU	$650,390	Open
2023	Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-04213-DNAX	$759,008	Open
2023	Optimizing New STRs for Enhanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-04214-RESS	$513,529	Open
2021	Addressing Violence towards Youth and Young Adults in Indigenous Communities	Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA	SD	15PNIJ-21-GG-02808-RESS	$150,000	Open
2018	Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of South Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-DU-BX-0197	$130,242	Closed
2008	Improving Sex Estimation from Craian Using 3-Dimensional CT Scans	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals	The University of Tennessee	TN	2008-DN-BX-K182	$171,215	Closed
2010	Evaluating the Use of DNA and RNA Degradation for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K228	$167,414	Closed
2014	The Evaluation and Refinement of Nonmetric Sex and Ancestry Assessment Methods in Japanese and Thai Individuals	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	The University of Tennessee	TN	2014-DN-BX-0002	$16,490	Closed
2009	Post Coital DNA Recovery	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	The University of Tennessee	TN	2009-DN-BX-0023	$763,428	Closed
2010	Developing an Empirically-Based Ranking Order for Bone Sampling: Examining the Differential DNA Yield Rates between Human Skeletal Elements over Increasing Post Mortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development	The University of Tennessee	TN	2010-DN-BX-K229	$200,316	Closed
2006	Cultivating Methods to Enhance the Quality of Aged Fingerprints Developed by Cyanoacrylate Fuming	NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Impression Evidence Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	The University of Tennessee	TN	2006-DN-BX-K031	$126,505	Closed