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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: Law enforcement

Number of Awards: 1,663
Total Amount Awarded: $1,152,138,096

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01927-HT $997,729 Open
2019 Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-VT-BX-0038 $664,690 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Understanding What Works in the Successful Identification, Investigation, and Prosecution of Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2020-75-CX-0010 $583,465 Past Project Period End Date
2005 Uniting Yesterday's Cases with Today's Technology: The YCTT Initiative Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Muncie IN 2005-DN-BX-K036 $60,500 Closed
2004 University of North Texas Health Science Center, DNA Identity Laboratory
Project: DNA Testing of Unidentified Remains, Fiscal Year 2004 		National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth TX 2004-DN-BX-K212 $750,000 Closed
2007 Unobtrusive Suicide Warning System NIJ FY 07 Sensors and Surveillance Technologies: Invited Full Proposals General Electric Company NY 2007-DE-BX-K176 $450,294 Closed
2005 Unresolved Problems and Powerful Potentials: Improving Partnerships Between Law Enforcement Leaders and University Based Researchers - Phase II NIJ/Office of Research & Evaluation Continuations International Association of Chiefs of Police VA 2005-IJ-CX-0060 $49,997 Closed
2005 Unsolved Homicides Unit - Investigations and Forensic Examinations of Orange County's Unsolved Homicides Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Orange CA 2005-DN-BX-K016 $352,480 Closed
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 Closed
2003 Upstate Law Enforcement Communications Initiative National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards South Carolina Research Authority SC 2002-MU-MU-K011 $7,451,250 Closed
2009 USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2009-SQ-B9-K015 $77,852 Closed
2010 USB Live Acquisition and Triage Tool (US-LATT) Phase II NIJ FY 10 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery WetStone Technologies, Inc. NY 2010-FD-CX-K021 $194,916 Closed
1998 Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1998-IJ-CX-0001 $248,662 Closed
2014 Using a Restorative Justice Approach to Enrich School Climate and Improve School Safety NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT RI 2014-CK-BX-0025 $3,680,000 Closed
2005 Using a Simulation Model to Examine the Allocation of Technology to Improve the Criminal Justice System NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations Research Foundation of the State University of New York NY 2005-IJ-CX-K045 $74,598 Closed
2018 Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0032 $985,950 Past Project Period End Date
2013 Using Behavioral Patterns to Link Serial Rape Offenses:A Multidimensional Approach NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2013-IJ-CX-0009 $18,000 Closed
2009 Using DNA Technology on Unidentified Individuals from New York City's Potter's Field NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K038 $598,636 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2010-DN-BX-K131 $348,511 Closed
2008 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York NY 2008-DN-BX-K156 $627,767 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF''S DEPARTMENT CA 2010-DN-BX-K136 $163,815 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2010-DN-BX-K257 $850,000 Closed
2013 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing, Fiscal Year 2013 NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2013-DN-BX-K012 $800,000 Closed
2009 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Unidentified and Missing NIJ FY 09 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Clark County, Nevada NV 2009-DN-BX-K195 $400,000 Closed
2012 Using DNA Technology to Identify theMissing NIJ FY 12 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc. VA 2012-DN-BX-K056 $804,172 Closed