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
2021	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2021	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU	$4,200,000	Open
2021	From Dot Coms to Pipe Bombs: Online Radicalization and Mobilization to Violence	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS	AR	15PNIJ-21-GG-02725-DOMR	$893,721	Open
2021	FY 2021 MDSP - Expanding Targeted Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Capabilities for Controlled Substance Analysis	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE	MD	15PNIJ-21-GG-02713-COAP	$96,741	Open
2021	Identifying the Feasibility and Acceptability of Conducting Longitudinal Outcome Evaluation Research with Adult Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Their Perceptions of a Comprehensive Service Model	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-00994-NONF	$600,000	Closed
2021	Illuminating the Dark: Molecular Networking as a Novel Psychoactive Substance Identification Strategy	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	WI	15PNIJ-21-GG-04171-COAP	$271,842	Open
2021	Improved Nucleic Acid Recovery From Trace and Degraded Samples Using Affinity Purification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04149-RESS	$499,518	Closed
2021	Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO	$349,970	Open
2021	Improving identification of unknown American Indians and Hispanic/Latinx Americans	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04139-SLFO	$532,833	Open
2021	Improving investigations and community relations through the training of evidence-based interviewing skills in frontline officers	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02716-RESS	$497,785	Open
2021	Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials: A Multi-Method, Multi-Informant National Study	Research to Reduce Trauma for Child Pornography Victims, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	15PNIJ-21-GG-02983-MUMU	$1,491,313	Open
2021	In search of: Police responses to those experiencing homelessness	Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness, Fiscal Year 2021	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	15PNIJ-21-GG-02709-RESS	$1,457,606	Open
2021	Incidence of ideologically influenced threatening and violent activity in rural communities	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02722-DOMR	$772,955	Open
2021	Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-03633-MUMU	$1,000,000	Closed
2021	Juvenile Justice Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: Responses, and Opportunities for Reform	Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021	JUSTICE INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK INC.	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03266-RESS	$597,283	Open
2021	Labor trafficking in construction and hospitality: Analyzing victim recruitment, exploitation, and service needs to identify strategies for prevention and intervention	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03632-HT	$975,209	Open
2021	Long-Term Evaluation of the 5-Key Reentry Model Multi-Site RCT	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-00140-NIJB	$1,199,956	Open
2021	Long-Term Follow-Up of the National Evaluation of Gang Resistance Education and Training Project	Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	15PNIJ-21-GG-00095-TITL	$1,055,202	Open
2021	Managing Protests: A National Study of Police Policies and Practices	Research and Evaluation on Policing Strategies for Civil Disturbances, Fiscal Year 2021	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02706-RESS	$599,999	Open
2021	Massively Parallel Mitogenome Sequencing: Building a Strong Foundation for the Interpretation of MPS MtDNA	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0005	$624,692	Open
2021	Multi-state Research on Juvenile Reoffending	Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02980-TITL	$599,981	Open
2021	National Juvenile Court Data Archive	National Juvenile Court Data Archive, Fiscal Year 2021	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES	NV	15PNIJ-21-GG-03202-TITL	$2,000,000	Open
2021	Nebraska Indian Community College Tribal-Researcher Collaboration	Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02809-RESS	$149,610	Closed
2021	NIJ Co-funding for the NSF Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS)	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021	National Science Foundation		DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0002	$160,720	Open
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team Aurors	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team Aurors		2021-nij-rec-ch-0017	$6,000	Closed