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: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $53,838,444

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2014	Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Chicago Police Department	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K014	$499,984	Closed
2013	Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-ZA-BX-0008	$793,783	Closed
2009	Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications.	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City of Chicago	IL	2009-DN-BX-K194	$743,000	Closed
2011	Automated Sperm Detection in forensic DNA analysis: Implications for Rape Kit Analysis	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Arryx, Inc	IL	2011-DN-BX-K562	$360,748	Closed
2009	Developing End-User Criteria and a Prototype for an Elder Abuse Assessment System	NIJ FY 09 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2009-IJ-CX-0202	$307,436	Closed
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2012	Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NORC	IL	2012-R2-CX-K008	$399,884	Closed
2018	A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2018-JX-FX-0093	$999,396	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$499,996	Closed
2012	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-DY-BX-K004	$589,638	Closed
2006	Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Elderly Individuals	NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2006-MU-MU-0004	$304,300	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2006	An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago	NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions	Chicago Police Department	IL	2006-IJ-CX-0023	$250,000	Closed
2007	GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study	NIJ FY 07 ORE Community Corrections	The University of Illinois at Chicago	IL	2007-IJ-CX-0016	$365,704	Closed
2016	Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness: A Multi-Level Study	Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2016-IJ-CX-0021	$970,795	Closed
2015	Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2015-ZA-BX-0003	$936,571	Closed
2015	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2015-DN-BX-K032	$217,450	Closed
2015	FFY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2015-CD-BX-0002	$307,861	Closed
2015	Postconviction DNA Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office	IL	2015-DY-BX-K007	$400,701	Closed
2015	Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2015-VF-GX-K031	$1,500,000	Closed
2016	Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0182	$204,725	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
2016	Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	Northwestern University	IL	2016-R2-CX-0039	$425,000	Open