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: 63
Total Amount Awarded: $15,919,759

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
2021	Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-03633-MUMU	$1,000,000	Closed
2017	Physiological and Psychological Responses to Critical Incidents among Correctional Officers	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2017-R2-CX-0032	$787,907	Closed
2021	Incidence of ideologically influenced threatening and violent activity in rural communities	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02722-DOMR	$772,955	Open
2017	The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2017-IJ-CX-0025	$698,382	Closed
2019	Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-MU-MU-0095	$657,908	Past Project Period End Date
2016	The Influence of Subjective and Objective Rural School Security on Law Enforcement Engagement Models: A Mixed Methods Study	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2016-CK-BX-0019	$645,952	Closed
2014	Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Probationer Decision Making: A Social Cognitive Model	NIJ FY 14 Research on Offender Decision Making and Desistance from Crime	Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2014-MU-CX-0006	$641,614	Closed
2021	Identifying the Feasibility and Acceptability of Conducting Longitudinal Outcome Evaluation Research with Adult Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Their Perceptions of a Comprehensive Service Model	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-00994-NONF	$600,000	Closed
2021	Multi-state Research on Juvenile Reoffending	Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02980-TITL	$599,981	Open
2019	Expanding the Knowledge Base about Child Advocacy Centers	Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-V3-GX-0007	$566,261	Closed
2010	Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2010-DN-BX-K231	$483,323	Closed
2019	Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-75-CX-0017	$443,931	Closed
2020	Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-MU-MU-4096	$380,405	Open
2011	"FY2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program" - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2011-DN-BX-K496	$353,073	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reducation Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2013-DN-BX-0016	$325,649	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2012-DN-BX-0003	$324,535	Closed
2010	Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol	NIJ FY 10 Geospatial Technology	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln	NE	2010-DE-BX-K001	$294,516	Closed
2015	State of Nebraska - DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	State of Nebraska	NE	2015-DN-BX-0102	$276,018	Closed
2014	City of Omaha, Nebraska - Omaha Police DepartmentFY2014 NIJ Solving Cold Cases With DNAOmaha Cold Case Squad Intensive Case Review and DNA Analysis Program	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Ciy of Omaha, Nebraska	NE	2014-DN-BX-K085	$269,846	Closed
2010	FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program (Nebraska State Patrol)	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2010-DN-BX-K199	$250,756	Closed
2022	Identifying the Scope and Context of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in New Mexico and Improving MMIP Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-22-GG-01625-REVA	$249,382	Open
2009	FY09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Nebraska State Patrol Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2009-DN-BX-K108	$245,194	Closed
2006	FY 2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2006-DN-BX-K140	$235,189	Closed
2002	No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2001	Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2002-DN-BX-K018	$226,494	Closed
2005	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2005-DN-BX-K010	$226,098	Closed