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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.
Description

Number of Awards: 7,469
Total Amount Awarded: $3,953,941,280

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 Improved Officer Decision-Making and Stress Management with Virtual Environments NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-R2-CX-0025 $914,757 Closed
2017 Improved sample collection and preservation of DNA from decomposing human remains; A direct PCR approach for faster disaster victim identification (DVI) NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0029 $48,907 Closed
2017 Improvement of School Climate Assessment in Virginia Secondary Schools NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2017-CK-BX-0007 $999,802 Closed
2017 Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2016-DN-BX-4194 $684,273 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Improving Evidence Management: Best Practices for Handling, Preservation, Retention, and Tracking NIJ FY17 Non-solicited Applications National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-17-RO-0175-1 $207,700 Closed
2017 Improving officer decision-making: Can personality predict outcomes in use of force decisions? NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE NC 2017-R2-CX-0030 $432,159 Closed
2017 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $43,719 Closed
2017 Incorporating Graph-Based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Michigan State University MI 2015-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2017 Increasing identifications of deceased border crossers: investigating spatial and skeletal attributes of migrant deaths NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Michigan State University MI 2017-IJ-CX-0002 $36,148 Closed
2017 Increasing Safety in High Need Schools: an Evaluation of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative CORNELL UNIVERSITY NY 2017-CK-BX-0012 $2,975,446 Closed
2017 Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ASSOCIATION, INC. DC 2017-MU-CX-0005 $597,532 Closed
2017 Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2017-R2-CX-0012 $316,125 Past Project Period End Date
2017 INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING RADICALIZATION RISK: RISK TERRAIN MODELING AND CONJUNCTIVE ANALYSIS NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2017-ZA-CX-0004 $715,996 Closed
2017 Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution: Assessing victimization and perpetration sequencing and proximal determinants NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2017-VF-GX-0103 $452,891 Closed
2017 Interpersonal Violence and Institutional Misconduct in Jails: An Empirical Investigation of Adverse Events in the Los Angeles County Jail System NIJ FY17 New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY OR 2017-IJ-CX-0037 $184,636 Closed
2017 Interpretation and Analysis of Recorded Gunshot Sounds NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MT 2017-DN-BX-0179 $236,000 Closed
2017 Investigating the Effectiveness of the School Security Climate on Student Connectedness and School Performance NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Yeshiva University NY 2017-CK-BX-0008 $1,000,000 Closed
2017 Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MI 2017-DN-BX-0166 $576,060 Closed
2017 Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CA 2017-DN-BX-0148 $464,910 Closed
2017 Lightweight Impact-Resistant and Flame-Retardant Materials: Lessons from Biology NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations The Regents of the University of California CA 2016-R2-CX-0015 $49,268 Closed
2017 Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Chicago IL 2017-MU-MU-0042 $532,286 Closed
2017 Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2017-VF-GX-0005 $725,999 Closed
2017 Making Schools Safer and/or Creating a Pipeline to Prison: A Study of North Carolina Schools NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2017-CK-BX-0006 $498,265 Closed
2017 Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE DC 2017-DN-BX-0164 $492,892 Closed
2017 Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0031 $48,907 Closed