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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: 7,390
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,827,360

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 Embedding Social Work into a Police Department in the South: Understanding the Impact and Cultural Shift of Implementing a Problem-Oriented, Collaborative Policing Model NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AR 15PNIJ-22-GG-03144-RESS $246,214 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
2022 Evaluation of a Community-focused Violence Intervention and Prevention Program NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GK-03016-CVIP $637,685 Open
2022 Evaluation of Harris Center Crisis Call Diversion Program NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Diversion and Restorative Justice RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-03575-RESS $862,371 Open
2022 Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP) NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 15PNIJ-22-GK-03017-CVIP $785,819 Open
2022 Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent STONEY FORENSIC, INC VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS $640,293 Open
2022 Examining Models of Law Enforcement Crime Information Centers for Sustained Organizational Change NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03142-RESS $709,851 Open
2022 Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS $877,000 Open
2022 Expanding and validating microbiome database for estimating the postmortem interval NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 15PNIJ-22-GG-04402-MUMU $834,503 Open
2022 Exploring mentor practices using data from OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program NIJ FY22 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01425-MENT $200,285 Open
2022 FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO $141,921 Open
2022 First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System, Fiscal Year 2022 Dr. Grant Duwe GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA3 $97,500 Open
2022 First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System, Fiscal Year 2022 Dr. Zachary Hamilton GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA4 $82,875 Open
2022 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2022 Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS $623,965 Open
2022 Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO $1,087,985 Open
2022 Forensic STR Sequencing Nomenclature Resource Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0004 $541,034 Open
2022 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU $4,000,000 Open
2022 Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of a Family Justice Center NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 15PNIJ-22-GG-03292-NONF $499,500 Open
2022 Fostering Diversity in a Police Agency, From Bottom to Top NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing THE JOHN F FINN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INC NY 15PNIJ-22-GG-03141-RESS $790,298 Open
2022 Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00032-NIJB $250,000 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO $139,905 Open
2022 Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-AG-00266-NIJB $278,976 Open
2022 How Do “Credible Messenger” Mentors Promote Youth Development? A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston NIJ FY22 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-22-GG-01423-MENT $651,522 Open
2022 Human Trafficking Project NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-GK-00246-BRND $1,187,000 Open