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: 252
Total Amount Awarded: $132,863,392

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
2015	School Climate Enhancement and Bullying Prevention in Southern Illinois	NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	IL	2015-CK-BX-0011	$786,409	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
2015	Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	2015-DY-BX-K005	$753,958	Closed
2023	Domestic Terrorism Targeting America’s Political Elites	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01385-DOMR	$751,254	Open
2018	Multidimensional Vulnerabilities for Online Radicalization	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2018-ZA-CX-0001	$750,000	Closed
2003	Crime Laboratory Improvement ProgramU.S. Department of Justice01/01/2003 - 12/31/2003	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards	Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy	IL	2003-IJ-CX-K023	$750,000	Closed
2017	Firearm involvement of parents and their adolescent children: A prospective intergenerational study of high-risk youth	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0019	$749,976	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	Twenty Years Later: National Study of Victim Compensation Program Trends, Challenges, and Successes.	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-00995-NONF	$748,827	Open
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
2019	Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City	NIJ FY19 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-R2-CX-0012	$737,561	Past Project Period End Date
2011	Elder Abuse Computerized Decision Support System	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	Chestnut Health Systems	IL	2011-IJ-CX-0014	$731,748	Closed
2010	Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2010-DY-BX-K005	$687,448	Closed
2008	College of Microscopy Forensic Microscopy Training Delivery Program (COM FMTDP)	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	Hooke College of Applied Sciences	IL	2008-DN-BX-K181	$684,241	Closed
2009	FFY09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2009-CD-BX-0001	$672,473	Closed
2013	Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-VA-CX-0008	$662,993	Closed
2021	Policing the Rainbow: Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02715-RESS	$654,179	Open
2015	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships & Violence Program	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$648,164	Closed
2021	A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS	$632,781	Open
2003	IL C.O. DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis)	National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act	Illinois State Police	IL	2003-DN-BX-K025	$628,633	Closed
2017	Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-DN-BX-0167	$628,327	Closed
2021	Developing a Culturally and Trauma-Informed Teen Dating Violence Algorithm: A Continuation of the VIP Study	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02803-MUMU	$600,000	Open
2017	The development of objective approach to the characterization and interpretation of paint evidence by SEM/EDS	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0027	$594,920	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	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