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: 275
Total Amount Awarded: $116,350,458

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2004	Addressing Prison Sexual Violence	Research on Prison Sex Violence	The Urban Institute	DC	2004-RP-BX-0001	$400,000	Closed
2009	Physical and Environmental Effects on the Performance of Body Armor	NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	2009-SQ-B9-K112	$405,596	Closed
2006	Evaluation of Less Lethal Technologies on Police Use of Force Outcomes	NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Technology	Police Executive Research Forum	DC	2006-IJ-CX-0028	$406,734	Closed
2004	Preventing Repeat Incidents of Family Violence: A Randomized Multi-Site Field Test of Second Responders	Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women	Police Foundation	DC	2004-WG-BX-0002	$411,961	Closed
2023	Capturing nuclear DNA from hair shafts	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)	DC	15PNIJ-23-GG-04209-DNAX	$413,504	Open
2001	Ecological Model of Battered Women's Experience Over Time	Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts	Georgetown University	DC	2001-WT-BX-0001	$414,540	Closed
2023	An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI	$425,304	Open
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-DC Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Metropolitan Police Department	DC	2012-DN-BX-0066	$430,520	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Washington, DC Department of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences	DC	2015-DN-BX-0028	$437,802	Closed
2005	Elder Abuse: How Protective Behaviors and Risk Factors Affect the Course of Abuse Over Time	Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities	Police Foundation	DC	2005-WG-BX-0012	$438,054	Closed
2013	FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences	DC	2013-DN-BX-0111	$438,971	Closed
2003	Evaluation of the ACTION Agricultural Crime Prevention	CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION	The Urban Institute	DC	2003-DD-BX-1017	$447,040	Closed
2022	AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships		AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE	DC	2020-R2-CX-0009	$450,000	Open
2011	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	American University	DC	2009-IJ-CX-4110	$450,858	Closed
2011	Evaluating and Improving Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combatting Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations	NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on International Organized Crime (IOC)	American University	DC	2011-IJ-CX-0001	$453,112	Closed
2016	Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc.	DC	2016-IJ-CX-0005	$460,000	Closed
2007	A Randomized Experiment of License Plate Recognition Technology in Mesa, AZ	NIJ FY 07 ORE Technology	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	2007-IJ-CX-0023	$474,765	Closed
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-DC Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Metropolitan Police Department	DC	2011-DN-BX-K431	$483,515	Closed
2017	Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications.	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	DC	2017-DN-BX-0164	$492,892	Closed
2006	Applying Situational Crime Prevention to Sexual Assaults in Jail Facilities: An Action Research Partnership	NIJ FY06 ORE R&E on Sexual Victimization in Corrections	The Urban Institute	DC	2006-RP-BX-0040	$496,704	Closed
2016	Reducing Exclusionary Discipline and Ensuring School Safety	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Urban Institute	DC	2016-CK-BX-0022	$497,491	Open
2011	Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States	NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP)	Urban Institute	DC	2011-IJ-CX-0026	$498,844	Closed
2010	Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking	The Urban Institute	DC	2010-IJ-CX-1674	$499,036	Closed
1999	Eval. of a Multi-Site Demon. for Enhanced Judicial Oversight	Determining the Effects of Neighborhood Peer and Family	The Urban Institute	DC	1999-WT-VX-K005	$499,954	Closed
2013	Evidence, Sexual Assaults, and Case Outcomes: Understanding the Role of Sexual Assault Kits, Non-Forensic Evidence, and Case Characteristics	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Urban Institute	DC	2013-NE-BX-0007	$499,956	Closed