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 Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2005	NIJ Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research FY05 Identity Theft: Assessing Offenders' Strategies and Perceptions of Risk	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	The University of Alabama At Birmingham	AL	2005-IJ-CX-0012	$118,167	Closed
2011	Comparison of Microspectrophotometry and Room-Temperature Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrix Spectroscopy for Non-Destructive Forensic Fiber Examination	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida	FL	2011-DN-BX-K553	$241,257	Closed
2009	Predicting the Biological Age of a Bloodstain Donor	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	The University of Central Florida	FL	2009-DN-BX-K179	$300,450	Closed
2011	Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida	FL	2011-DN-BX-K539	$470,545	Closed
2007	NIJ Support of NaMUS	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	The University of Central Florida	FL	2007-DN-BX-K237	$500,000	Closed
2017	Development and Implementation of a Fire Debris Inference Validation Database: Moving to Probabilistic Statements of the Strength of the Evidence	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0023	$496,976	Closed
2019	Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2019-DU-BX-0016	$321,025	Closed
2020	Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2019-DU-BX-4011	$495,056	Closed
2021	Transfer, Persistence and DNA Source Attribution of Trace Biological Material in Digital Penetration Assault Cases	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04147-RESS	$550,440	Open
2021	Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO	$240,594	Open
2022	Enhanced Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Database Functionality for Improved Casework and Research.	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO	$289,496	Open
2023	Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS	$110,966	Open
2014	Underground Gun Markets in Chicago	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence	The University of Chicago	IL	2014-MU-CX-0013	$459,849	Closed
2010	Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness	NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	The University of Chicago	IL	2010-IJ-CX-0033	$440,437	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
2016	A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics	Non-solicited Applications	The University of Chicago	IL	2015-DN-BX-K430	$564,735	Closed
2017	Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Chicago	IL	2017-MU-MU-0042	$532,286	Closed
2018	Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0001	$32,000	Closed
2018	Neighborhood Context and Probation Outcomes	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0006	$32,000	Closed
2018	The influence of social surroundings on juvenile and criminal justice involvement of 17-year-olds transitioning from foster care to adulthood: A longitudinal and life-course approach	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0007	$32,000	Closed
2005	Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence	Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005	The University of Chicago	IL	2005-WG-BX-0001	$20,000	Closed
2004	Contextual Effects on Juvenile Delinquency: Modeling Differential Effects of School and Neighborhood Social Organization; University of Chicago; Fiscal Year: July 1 - June 30	Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall	The University of Chicago	IL	2004-IJ-CX-0012	$20,000	Closed
2003	Ex-Prisoners' Dilemma	CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION	The University of Chicago	IL	2003-IJ-CX-1005	$20,000	Closed
2005	Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as they Leave Out-of-Home Care	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	The University of Chicago	IL	2005-IJ-CX-0031	$259,782	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