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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

Number of Awards: 243
Total Amount Awarded: $124,679,212

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,994 Closed
2017 Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work, Community Perceptions and Community Health: A Multi-Method Assessment NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0011 $552,589 Past Project Period End Date
2018 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY18 Continuations TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,999 Closed
2019 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2019-R2-CX-0009 $50,000 Closed
2021 An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS $520,040 Open
2023 We Met Them Where They Are, But Is It Enough? A Qualitative Examination Of A Co-Response Outreach Program Servicing Vulnerable Populations in Philadelphia NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01930-RESS $136,485 Open
2004 Wildlife DNA Profiling and Foresnics National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology State System of Higher Education PA 2004-LP-CX-K012 $397,400 Closed
2014 Pursuing Equitable Restorative Communities NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe School District of Pittsburgh PA 2014-CK-BX-0020 $3,021,407 Closed
2014 Adult Age Estimated From New Skeletal Traits And Enhanced Computer-Based Transition Analysis NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2014-DN-BX-K007 $501,047 Closed
2014 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy and Assessing Transmission of Variants NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2014-DN-BX-K022 $438,790 Closed
2015 Assessing the Effects of DNA Damage on Next Generation mtDNA Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-DN-BX-K025 $654,662 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2016 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2016-DN-BX-0171 $295,249 Closed
2016 High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-DN-BX-0153 $397,643 Closed
2016 Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women''s Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS) Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-MU-MU-0011 $685,857 Closed
2017 Identifying and Informing Strategies for Disrupting Drug Distribution Networks: An Application to Opiate Flows in Pennsylvania NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2017-IJ-CX-0017 $990,002 Closed
2019 The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0010 $91,097 Closed
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 Closed
2022 What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS $1,392,265 Declined
2011 FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2011-DN-BX-K410 $1,662,908 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State police NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2009-DN-BX-K133 $1,088,216 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2009-DN-BX-K015 $429,887 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA BAcklog Reduction Program-Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2013-DN-BX-0097 $1,359,857 Closed
2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Evidence NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Pennsylvania State Police PA 2007-DN-BX-K220 $469,250 Closed
2012 FY2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Pennsylvania State Police NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Pennsylvania State Police PA 2012-DN-BX-0059 $1,400,794 Closed