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.

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Number of Awards: 37
Total Amount Awarded: $13,647,669

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
2015	A Nationally Representative Study of Conflicts, Dyadic Interactions, and the Victim-Offender Overlap	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2015-VF-GX-0110	$998,044	Closed
2021	Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS	$837,477	Open
2010	A Dating Violence Prevention Program for Each Grade in Middle School: A Longitudinal Multi-Level Experiment.	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2010-MU-MU-0008	$807,256	Closed
2013	Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions	NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making	The University of Chicago	IL	2013-R2-CX-0006	$760,230	Closed
2018	Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2016-JU-FX-0002	$749,411	Closed
2021	Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB	$585,726	Open
2016	A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics	Non-solicited Applications	The University of Chicago	IL	2015-DN-BX-K430	$564,735	Closed
2015	Comprehensive Optimization of the Use ofReal-Time Video Technology in Urban Policing Phase 2	NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-R2-CX-K002	$541,222	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
2014	CPD FY2014 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-R2-CX-K002	$528,957	Closed
2009	Forensic Microscopy Training Program II	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	McCrone Research Institute Inc.	IL	2009-DN-BX-K212	$520,000	Closed
2023	911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding	NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB	$500,000	Open
2012	A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Chicago, City of	IL	2012-DN-BX-K004	$499,565	Closed
2007	Chicago Police Department " Solving Cold Cases With DNA Initiative"	NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City of Chicago	IL	2007-DN-BX-K025	$498,579	Closed
2007	Forensic Microscopy Training Program	NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence	McCrone Research Institute	IL	2007-DN-BX-K207	$496,985	Closed
2014	Underground Gun Markets in Chicago	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence	The University of Chicago	IL	2014-MU-CX-0013	$459,849	Closed
2017	Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2017-VA-CX-0033	$452,553	Closed
2010	Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness	NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	The University of Chicago	IL	2010-IJ-CX-0033	$440,437	Closed
2011	Examining the Effects of Environmental Degradation	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	McCrone Research Institute	IL	2011-DN-BX-K548	$370,539	Closed
2016	The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	McCrone Research Institute	IL	2016-DN-BX-0145	$289,126	Closed
2005	Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as they Leave Out-of-Home Care	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	The University of Chicago	IL	2005-IJ-CX-0031	$259,782	Closed
2005	Identifying and Managing Juvenile Justice Delays	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	University of Chicago	IL	2005-IJ-CX-0041	$252,964	Closed
2018	Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2016-JU-FX-0002	$248,953	Closed
2018	Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2016-JU-FX-0002	$248,918	Closed
2005	The Investigation and Prosecution of Homicide Cases in the U.S.: The Process of Federal Involvement	NIJ/Office of Research & Evaluation Continuations	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2002-IJ-CX-4021	$235,814	Closed