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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: Use of force

Number of Awards: 55
Total Amount Awarded: $24,337,383

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient Sort ascending State Award Number Amount Status
2007 Physiological Model of Excited Delirium NIJ FY 07 Less-Lethal Technologies: Invited Full Proposals Wayne State University MI 2007-IJ-CX-K003 $250,198 Closed
2011 Less Lethal Interdisciplinary Panel NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Wayne State University MI 2011-IJ-CX-K007 $249,982 Closed
2008 Developing a Common Metric for Evaluating Police Performance in Deadly Force Situations NIJ FY 08 ORE Policing and Public Safety Interventions Washington State University Pullman WA 2008-IJ-CX-0015 $282,551 Closed
2006 One year continuation of "Injuries Produced by Law Enforcement Use of Less Lethal Weapons" (2004-IJ-CX-K047) to Ensure Enrollment of Target Goals and to Allow Additional Enrollment of Subjects. NIJ FY06 Less-Lethal Technology Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2004-IJ-CX-K047 $29,059 Closed
2009 Officer and Suspect Injuries Associated with Police Use of Force NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2009-SQ-B9-K016 $168,448 Closed
2004 Injuries Produced by Law Enforcement Use of Less-Lethal Weapons: A Prospective Multicenter Trial FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2004-IJ-CX-K047 $104,071 Closed
2009 Injuries Produced by Law Enforcement Use of Less Lethal Weapons NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Wake Forest University Health Sciences NC 2009-MU-BX-K248 $274,950 Closed
2015 Young Adults in Jails NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-IJ-CX-0012 $500,407 Closed
2023 A randomized controlled trial of Co-response for Mental Health Calls for Service to the Police in Fort Collins, CO NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING WY 15PNIJ-23-GG-05502-RESS $649,464 Open
2005 A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes Assessing the Outcomes of the Use of Force University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2005-IJ-CX-0056 $647,387 Closed
2016 An Evaluation of a Social Interaction Training Program to Reduce the Use of Force and BuildLegitimacy Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing University of South Carolina SC 2016-IJ-CX-0018 $799,454 Closed
2017 Improving officer decision-making: Can personality predict outcomes in use of force decisions? NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE NC 2017-R2-CX-0030 $432,159 Closed
2009 Process Evaluation of Current Internet Child Safety Activities by ICAC Task Forces Recovery Act: Evaluation of Internet Child Safety Materials Used by ICAC Task Forces in School and Community Settings University of New Hampshire NH 2009-SN-B9-0004 $487,350 Closed
2020 Building the Evidence Base on De-escalation Training for Law Enforcement: A Multi-Agency Randomized Control Trial Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 2020-R2-CX-0026 $599,255 Open
2023 911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB $500,000 Open
2004 The Collection and Dissemination of LTL Databases to the Law Enforcement Community FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation The Pennsylvania State University PA 2004-IJ-CX-K039 $113,481 Closed
2022 A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of an Enhanced Field Training Officer Program: An Analysis of Administrative Outcomes and Community Interactions NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03138-RESS $978,449 Open
2023 Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX $874,312 Open
2004 Model electric current through the human from less-lethal electromuscular device FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation The Board of Regents of The University of Wisconsin System. WI 2004-IJ-CX-K036 $490,591 Closed
2004 A Compact and Rugged Pulsed Laser Technology Platform for Counter-Personnel LLWs FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation Sterling Photonics Inc NM 2004-IJ-CX-K043 $358,259 Closed
2009 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice and Technology - Evaluation of Low-Cost Aviation Options for Law Enforcement NIJ FY 09 Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology Sheriffs Association of Texas TX 2009-IJ-CX-K017 $235,146 Closed
2013 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of National Data on Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Seattle University WA 2013-R2-CX-0035 $36,167 Closed
2004 Multi-Wave Dazzler, Area Denial of Personnel FY 2004 Less-Lethal Technologies Solicitation Scientific Applications And Research Associates Incorporated CA 2004-IJ-CX-K037 $419,759 Closed
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
2017 Officers' and Community Members' Evaluations of Police-Civilian Interactions NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Foundation CUNY o/b/o John Jay College NY 2017-IJ-CX-0013 $31,980 Closed