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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: IL,
District: 7

Number of Awards: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $53,838,444

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2018-DU-BX-0216 $198,000 Closed
2017 Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2017-IJ-CX-0024 $196,415 Closed
2009 Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Planning Program NIJ FY09 Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program Chicago Police Department IL 2009-DE-BX-K223 $196,406 Closed
2014 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2014-DN-BX-K012 $190,400 Closed
2012 Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Electronic Data Management System NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Cook County IL 2012-CD-BX-0027 $175,000 Closed
2019 Development of Microscopical Methods for the Systematic Analysis of Chemically Reacted, Improvised Low Explosives and Related Residues Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MCCRONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IL 2019-DU-BX-0047 $157,863 Past Project Period End Date
2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FFY03
U.S. Department of Justice 		Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program) Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2003-DN-BX-0003 $153,226 Closed
2000 Estimate of the Incidence of Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2000-RB-CX-K003 $150,596 Closed
2016 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $149,688 Closed
2003 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY02 National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2003-DN-BX-0017 $141,689 Closed
2016 Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0183 $93,561 Closed
2022 Research Assistantship Program (RAP) NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research Assistantship Program (RAP), DePaul University DEPAUL UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-00947-RESS $58,101 Closed
2001 Enhancing Imputation Methodologies for County-Level UCR Data Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2001-IJ-CX-0006 $49,611 Closed
2001 Enhancing Imputation Methodologies for County-Level UCR Data Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2001-IJ-CX-0006 $34,997 Closed
2004 A Comparison of Imputation Methodologies in the Offenses-Known Uniform Crime Reports Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2004-IJ-CX-0006 $19,997 Closed