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: 7,482
Total Amount Awarded: $3,959,529,045

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	Youth Defense Delivery Systems and Associated Outcomes	NIJ FY22 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-22-GG-03056-TITL	$508,010	Open
2021	"Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance".	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	CA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB	$885,090	Open
2021	A MIXED-METHODS EXAMINATION OF THE UNIQUE ROOT CAUSES OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE	Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02979-MUMU	$578,722	Open
2021	A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS	$632,781	Open
2021	A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Impact of Arizona’s Ban on Peremptory Challenges: A Focus on Racial Bias in Jury Selection and Case Outcomes	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	15PNIJ-21-GG-04710-NIJB	$636,038	Open
2021	A Universal Method for the Detection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residue based on Fast Fluorescence Mapping and Raman Spectroscopic Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04153-RESS	$632,138	Open
2021	AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships		AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE	DC	2020-R2-CX-0009	$199,504	Open
2021	ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD)		UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	2017-MU-CX-0044	$1,999,128	Open
2021	ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD)	NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE	PA	2017-MU-CX-0044	$1,999,128	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	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Advanced Microfluidic Technology for Automated, Rapid, and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-04176-COAP	$327,558	Open
2021	Advancing Research on Rural Justice Systems	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02805-RESS	$768,881	Open
2021	Advancing the Understanding of 3D Imaging for Firearms Identification	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER INC	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02714-MUMU	$303,471	Open
2021	Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open
2021	An Evaluation of De-Escalation Training to Understand the Links between Training and Outcomes	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	CLEMSON UNIVERSITY	SC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02719-RESS	$892,951	Open
2021	An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS	$520,040	Open
2021	Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)		UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	2016-MU-BX-K007	$3,341,165	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Applied Research in the Characterization, Identification, and Comparison of Pigmented Fiber Evidence	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04185-RESS	$107,541	Open
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