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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: Victims of crime

Number of Awards: 268
Total Amount Awarded: $141,776,071

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 Criminal Protection Orders As A Critical Strategy To Reduce Domestic Violence: The Impact Of Orders On Victims' Well-Being, Offenders' Behavior, And Children's Contact With Offending Fathers NIJ FY 12 Building and Enhancing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Yale University CT 2012-IJ-CX-0045 $753,081 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
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 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research, Housing and Shelter Models for Victims of Crime NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research WESTAT, INC. MD 2018-MU-MU-0011 $497,335 Closed
2017 Developing a Taxonomy To Understand and Measure Outcomes of Success in Community-Based Elder Mistreatment Interventions NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY NY 2017-VF-GX-0002 $499,982 Closed
2013 Victimization and Fear of Crime among Arab Americans in Metro-Detroit NIJ FY 13 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship on Race, Gender, Culture and Crime FY 2013 Wayne State University MI 2013-IJ-CX-0020 $99,788 Closed
2012 Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences NIJ FY 12 Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2012-IJ-CX-0014 $297,297 Closed
2011 Improving Trafficking Victim Identification: Evaluation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Vera Institute of Justice NY 2011-MU-MU-0066 $448,421 Closed
2012 Examining Criminal Justice Responses to and Help-Seeking Patterns of Sexual Violence Survivors with Disabilities NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence Vera Institute of Justice NY 2012-WG-BX-0050 $445,177 Closed
2015 Questioning Bias: Validating a Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool in California and New Jersey NIJ FY 15 Research on Bias Crime Victimization Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-R2-CX-0037 $498,893 Closed
2015 Young Men of Color''s Help-Seeking Following Violent Victimization NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-VF-GX-0112 $578,816 Closed
2002 Reducing Repeat Sexual Assault Victimization: Design and Tes The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Vera Institute of Justice NY 2002-WG-BX-0008 $299,990 Closed
2013 Exploratory Research into the Intersection of Forced Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Urban Institute DC 2013-VA-CX-0033 $256,730 Closed
2011 Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Urban Institute DC 2011-IJ-CX-0026 $498,844 Closed
2015 Bending Towards Justice: Perceptions of Justice among Human Trafficking Survivors NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Urban Institute DC 2015-VF-GX-0108 $573,509 Closed
2019 Trends in Arrests and Investigative Techniques of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes: The 4th National Juvenile Online Victimization Study National Survey of Internet- and Technology-Facilitated Child Exploitation, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2020-MU-CX-K002 $994,844 Open
2020 Improving Outcomes for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims: A Phased Evaluation of the LOVE146 Victim Services Program Research and Evaluation of Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2020-V3-GX-0076 $455,598 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Improving Outcomes for Child Sex Trafficking Victims, Phase 2: A Rigorous Outcome Evaluation of Love146’s Long-Term Services (LTS) Program NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 15PNIJ-22-GG-03291-NONF $1,244,466 Open
2012 Effects of Child Maltreatment, Cumulative Victimization Experiences, and Proximal Life Stress on Adult Outcomes of Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Antisocial Behavior NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence University of Washington WA 2012-IJ-CX-0023 $428,396 Closed
2014 Use of Research Evidence within Domestic Violence-Serving Organizations NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014 University of Washington WA 2014-IJ-CX-0032 $78,602 Closed
2018 Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2018-VA-CX-0001 $1,027,123 Open
2014 Factors Promoting Risk or Resilience Among Polyvictimized Youth in the Juvenile Justice System NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence University of Utah UT 2014-R2-CX-0020 $816,031 Closed
2021 Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF $590,041 Open
2017 Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, THE TX 2017-VF-GX-0001 $271,822 Closed
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