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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.

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 Stress Biomarkers Among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Excited Delirium and Severe Pain in the Emergency Department NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation MN 2012-R2-CX-K007 $338,747 Closed
2012 EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-K006 $431,943 Closed
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 Closed
2007 Design Optimization of Integrated Multi-Ply Armors by a Computational Tool (DO-IMPACT) NIJ FY 07 Body Armor: Invited Full Proposals Cornell University NY 2007-DE-BX-K003 $527,546 Closed
2007 Investigation of the Effects of Increased Coverage Area for Soft Body Armor NIJ FY 07 Body Armor: Invited Full Proposals Lawrence Technological University MI 2007-DE-BX-K011 $399,655 Closed
2012 Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area: Documenting the Value of Cross-Agency and Cross-Jurisdictional Data Integration NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime Urban Institute DC 2012-R2-CX-0001 $689,507 Closed
2012 Crime in Metropolitan America: Patterns and Trends across the SouthernCalifornia Landscape NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime The Regents of the University of California CA 2012-R2-CX-0010 $560,620 Closed
2011 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $200,000 Closed
2011 Action Research to Enhance Investigations and Prosecutions of Sexual Assaults in Houston NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project City of Houston TX 2011-DN-BX-0002 $178,076 Closed
2007 "Finding Victims of Human Trafficking" NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review National Opinion Research Center (NORC) IL 2007-VT-BX-0001 $293,198 Closed
2007 Data and Research on Human Trafficking: Comprehensive Literature Review NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review Georgetown University DC 2007-VT-BX-K002 $86,802 Closed
2014 Arizona DNA Advocacy Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-DY-BX-K001 $934,003 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2014-DY-BX-K005 $620,269 Closed
2014 California DNA Assistance Program (CADNAP) NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent California Governor''s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) CA 2014-DY-BX-K002 $1,310,522 Closed
2014 Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Committee for Public Counsel Services MA 2014-DY-BX-K003 $391,345 Closed
2014 SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent State Appellate Defender Office MI 2014-DY-BX-K004 $337,314 Closed
2011 ShieldRay Tripwire Detection System Development NIJ FY 11 Officer Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications AMP Research, Inc. FL 2011-MU-MU-K098 $275,334 Closed
2007 Evidence-Based Model Programs for Cold Case Units NIJ FY 07 ORE on Cold Cases RAND Corporation CA 2007-DN-BX-0014 $358,353 Closed
2008 DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS) NIJ FY 08 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals University of Tennessee TN 2008-IJ-CX-K406 $165,509 Closed
2006 Automated Human Image Detection and Authentication NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications University of Rhode Island RI 2006-DN-BX-K023 $199,957 Closed
2006 Automated Steganography Detection and Breaking For Law Enforcement NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications University of Rhode Island RI 2006-DN-BX-K022 $399,836 Closed
2006 File Hound: A Law Enforcement Investigative Tool NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Purdue University IN 2006-DN-BX-K250 $197,589 Closed
2006 File Marshall: Automatic Analysis of P2P Usage NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Odyssey Research Associates, Inc DBA ATC-NY NY 2006-DN-BX-K013 $370,121 Closed
2006 FREEAK: Forensic Rapid Evidence Extraction and Analysis Kit for Immediate Personal Digital Technology Forensics on devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, and embedded FLASH drives. NIJ FY06 Electronic Crime Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Purdue University IN 2006-IJ-CX-K020 $237,540 Closed
2011 Controlling Crime: Reducing Incarceration NIJ FY 11 Visiting Fellowship Program BOTEC Analysis Corp. MA 2011-IJ-CX-K059 $248,712 Closed