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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: Police operations

Number of Awards: 33
Total Amount Awarded: $22,301,153

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Comprehensive, Research-Based Framework for Implementing School-Based Law Enforcement Programs Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2016-CK-BX-0003 $4,315,804 Closed
2016 The National Police Research Platform: Phase 3 Non-solicited Applications Police Foundation DC 2016-R2-CX-0061 $1,799,002 Closed
2017 A Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing in Crime Hotspots NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2017-R2-CX-0017 $1,399,828 Closed
2017 Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-CK-BX-0001 $1,081,046 Closed
2012 Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies in the 21st Century NIJ FY 12 Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies in the 21st Century Research Triangle Institute NC 2012-MU-CX-0043 $999,587 Closed
2005 The Impact of Law Enforcement Shift Practices and Extra-Duty Employment on Various Health, Safety, Performance, and Quality of Life Measures Effects of Shift Work Schedules on Police Officer Health, Safety, Performance and Quality of Life Police Foundation DC 2005-FS-BX-0057 $998,870 Closed
2016 Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness: A Multi-Level Study Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2016-IJ-CX-0021 $970,795 Closed
2017 Cocooning and Procedural Justice Dialectics: A Clustered Randomized Field Trial to Assess Crime Reduction and Citizen Perspectives Using Two Evidence-Based Programs In Prince George's County, MD NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 2017-R2-CX-0023 $855,800 Past Project Period End Date
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
2013 Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making The University of Chicago IL 2013-R2-CX-0006 $760,230 Closed
2008 Consolidated Advanced Technologies for Law Enforcement Program NIJ FY08 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards University of New Hampshire NH 2008-DN-BX-K221 $654,710 Closed
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
2010 CapWIN Mobile ' Next Generation NIJ FY 10 Information Technologies: Improved Delivery of Information to the Officer at the Scene University of Maryland MD 2010-IJ-CX-K010 $555,191 Closed
2017 Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work, Community Perceptions and Community Health: A Multi-Method Assessment NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0011 $552,589 Past Project Period End Date
2011 Reducing Tactical Crime by Implementating a Predictive Policing Strategy. NIJ FY 11 Predictive Policing: Phase II City of Shreveport LA 2011-IJ-CX-K015 $516,775 Closed
2009 Forecasting Municipality Crime Counts within a Metropolitan Area NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2009-IJ-CX-0026 $497,981 Closed
2010 Developing an iPhone Based Crime Mapping Application to Assist Law Enforcement Officers with Understanding Spatial and Temporal Crime Patterns NIJ FY 10 Information Technologies: Improved Delivery of Information to the Officer at the Scene Redlands Police Department CA 2010-DE-BX-K006 $473,161 Closed
2016 Police Interactions with Victims of Violence Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc. NY 2016-VF-GX-0012 $463,277 Closed
2014 Policing predicted crime areas: An operationally-realistic randomized, controlled field experiment NIJ FY 14 Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-R2-CX-0002 $425,512 Closed
2011 Assessing the Effects of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Police Legitimacy, Fear of Crime, and Willingness to Participate in Building Collective Efficacy NIJ FY 11 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University IL 2011-IJ-CX-0007 $395,481 Closed
2016 Assessing Procedural Justice During Police-Citizen Encounters with Officer Surveys, Citizen Surveys, and Systematic Social Observations Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Old Dominion University Research Foundation VA 2016-IJ-CX-0020 $392,986 Closed
2010 Fleeing Vehicle Tagging & Tracking Technology NIJ FY 10 Pursuit Management Technologies StarChase, LLC VA 2010-IJ-CX-K022 $380,397 Closed
2016 School Climate, Student Discipline, and the Implementation of School Resources Officers Comprehensive School Safety Initiative University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2016-CK-BX-0017 $370,307 Closed
2017 Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2017-R2-CX-0012 $316,125 Past Project Period End Date
2012 Proposal for an Evaluability Assessment of Law Enforcement Agencies Using the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety NIJ FY 12 Evaluability Assessment of Law Enforcement Agencies Using the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) Urban Institute DC 2012-IJ-CX-0037 $299,921 Closed