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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.
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State: PA,
District: 3

Number of Awards: 50
Total Amount Awarded: $29,090,597

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB $730,834 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2021 Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021 DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS $846,480 Open
2004 Stages of Change and the Group Treatment of Batterers FY 2003 Batterer Intervention Research Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-WG-BX-0001 $236,176 Closed
1996 Identifying Correlates of Police Deviance: An Empirical Study of Police Corruption and Brutality in New York (1975-1996) Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms & Incarceration on Family Structure The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1996-IJ-CX-0053 $413,328 Closed
1996 Identifying Correlates of Police Deviance: An Empirical Study of Police Corruption and Brutality in New York (1975-1996) Unintended Impacts of Sentencing Reforms & Incarceration on Family Structure The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1996-IJ-CX-0053 $298,719 Closed
1998 Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1998-IJ-CX-0001 $248,662 Closed
2004 Crime Gun Risk Factors: The Impact of Dealer, Firearm, Transaction, and Buyer Characteristics on the Likelihood of Gun Use in Crime Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-IJ-CX-0030 $103,514 Closed
1997 Co-Producing Commercial Safety Services in Philadelphia Evaluation of Breaking the Cycle The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1997-IJ-CX-0049 $280,699 Closed
2005 Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Youth Violence Situational Aspects of Crime Full Applications The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 2005-IJ-CX-0036 $259,756 Closed
2000 Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsiblity for Child CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2000-IJ-CX-0002 $297,208 Closed
2000 Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsiblity for Child CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2000-IJ-CX-0002 $152,680 Closed
2000 Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsiblity for Child CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2000-IJ-CX-0002 $100,000 Closed
2000 Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsiblity for Child CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2000-IJ-CX-0002 $194,762 Closed
2004 The Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group Expedited Review Project National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-DD-BX-0003 $132,945 Closed
2002 Geographic Tools to Improve Officer Safety in Correctional I The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 2002-MU-MU-0016 $397,394 Closed
2002 Evaluation of Drug Treatement at the State Correctional Institution at Chester: A Partnership Between the PA Doc, The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 2002-RT-BX-1002 $376,180 Closed
2002 Proficiency Testing and Procedure Validation for FDEs Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Drexel University PA 2002-LT-BX-K008 $296,226 Closed
2005 Philadelphia Police- Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2005-DN-BX-K067 $277,116 Closed
2004 Philadelphia Police DNA Caseload Backlog Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 City of Philadelphia PA 2004-DN-BX-K088 $1,067,670 Closed
2007 2007 Forensic Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement City of Philadelphia PA 2007-DN-BX-K092 $766,204 Closed
2006 FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement City of Philadelphia PA 2006-DN-BX-K115 $681,455 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Grant FY2005- Philadelphia Police DNA Capacity Enhancement Program City of Philadelphia PA 2005-DA-BX-K104 $382,594 Closed
2004 City of Philadelphia DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 City of Philadelphia PA 2004-DN-BX-K094 $329,313 Closed
2008 Philadelphia Police- Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Philadelphia PA 2008-CD-BX-0097 $65,600 Closed
2006 FY06 Philadelphia Police DNA Capacity Enhancement Program NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation City of Philadelphia PA 2006-DN-BX-K158 $516,810 Closed