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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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Subtopic: Schools

Number of Awards: 137
Total Amount Awarded: $259,214,399

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 Investigating the Effectiveness of the School Security Climate on Student Connectedness and School Performance NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Yeshiva University NY 2017-CK-BX-0008 $1,000,000 Closed
2014 Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction WI 2014-CK-BX-0011 $858,187 Closed
2014 A National Impact Study on the Effectiveness of School-based Youth Courts NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WestEd CA 2014-CK-BX-0010 $1,836,976 Closed
2014 A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the No Bully System NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WestEd CA 2014-CK-BX-0007 $1,497,696 Closed
2015 Comprehensive School Safety in Atlanta Public Schools NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2015-CK-BX-K001 $7,499,668 Closed
2015 A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Capturing Kids Hearts NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2015-CK-BX-0014 $3,469,720 Closed
2016 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Safe School Ambassadors in High Risk Schools in Puerto Rico Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WestEd CA 2016-CK-BX-0001 $4,744,947 Closed
2017 A Developmental Study of the Keeping Kids in School Initiative NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2017-CK-BX-0018 $999,333 Closed
2020 Research and Evaluation on School Safety: An Evaluation of State School Safety Centers Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTED CA 2020-CK-BX-0002 $999,000 Open
2020 An Evaluation of a Statewide Approach to the Prevention and Intervention of Violence using School Threat Assessment Teams Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTED CA 2020-MU-MU-0011 $852,868 Open
2022 The Impact of School Police Reform on Student Safety and School Experiences NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on School Safety WESTED CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03145-RESS $249,670 Open
2023 Understanding the Quality and Perceived Impacts of SRO Training: An Evaluation of the Largest National Training Provider for School Police NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on School Safety WESTED CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-02605-MUMU $999,604 Open
2016 Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-MU-MU-K074 $999,698 Closed
2018 Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase NIJ FY18 Continuations WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-MU-MU-K074 $1,299,994 Closed
2014 Study of Police in Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Westat MD 2014-CK-BX-0006 $1,861,520 Closed
2015 A Multiple Perspectives Analysis of the Influences on the School to Prison Pipeline in Virginia NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 2015-CK-BX-0007 $914,241 Open
2012 Social Bonds Across Immigration Generations and the Immigrant School Enclave NIJ FY 12 W.E.B. Dubois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture and Crime Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 2012-IJ-CX-0003 $99,122 Closed
2016 An Investigation of School Resource and Safety Programs Policy and Practice in Virginia Comprehensive School Safety Initiative VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY VA 2016-CK-BX-0021 $689,416 Closed
2014 Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in Increasing School Safety for Urban Low-Income Middle Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-CK-BX-0009 $2,660,933 Closed
2014 The Effectiveness of School Resource Officers in Tennessee High Schools NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Vanderbilt University TN 2014-IJ-CX-0017 $32,000 Closed
2016 Nashville Longitudinal Study of Youth Safety and Wellbeing Comprehensive School Safety Initiative VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TN 2016-CK-BX-K002 $4,916,705 Closed
2016 Reducing Exclusionary Discipline and Ensuring School Safety Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Urban Institute DC 2016-CK-BX-0022 $497,491 Open
2022 Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Implications of Removing Police from Schoolsfor Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-22-AG-01572-RESS $49,837 Past Project Period End Date
2017 A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Victimization at Schools: Prevalence, Predictors, and Negative Consequence NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE TX 2017-CK-BX-0010 $364,469 Closed
2015 Interconnecting PBIS and School Mental Health to Improve School Safety: A Randomized Trial NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 2015-CK-BX-0018 $4,106,951 Closed