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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: Crime prevention

Number of Awards: 246
Total Amount Awarded: $205,708,893

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2017 Reducing Violence in Communities: An In-Depth Study of Efforts in Durham, NC and Minneapolis, MN NIJ FY17 Research on Reducing Violence in Communities THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-IJ-CX-0015 $999,728 Closed
2018 Community Reporting Thresholds: Sharing Information with Authorities Concerning Terrorism Activity. NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2018-ZA-CX-0004 $920,854 Closed
2018 Hoopa Valley Tribe and Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership NIJ FY18 Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE CA 2018-75-CX-0013 $100,000 Closed
2018 Firearm Purchase Behavior and Subsequent Adverse Events NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2018-75-CX-0026 $922,109 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Exploring the Social Networks of Homegrown Violent Extremist (HVE) Military Veterans Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 2019-ZA-CX-0002 $1,670,395 Past Project Period End Date
2019 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2019-R2-CX-0014 $550,610 Past Project Period End Date
2005 A social norms approach to community-based crime prevention: implicit and explicit messages on Neighborhood Watch signs. Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 California State University San Marcos Foundation CA 2005-IJ-CX-0016 $199,439 Closed
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
2012 Official Crime Rates of Participants in Trials of the Nurse-Family Partnership NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Colorado Denver CO 2012-IJ-CX-0010 $40,000 Closed
2012 Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislation, Law Enforcement Processes, and Demand Reduction Strategies That Work NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Colorado College CO 2012-MU-CX-0027 $339,001 Closed
2013 Reducing Youth Access to Firearms through the Health Care Setting NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence University of Colorado Denver CO 2013-MU-CX-0002 $1,025,560 Closed
2009 Preventing Revictimization in Teen Dating Relationships: A Randomized Control Trial with Adolescent Girls in Foster Care NIJ FY09 Research and Evaluation on Sexual and Teen Dating Violence University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) CO 2009-MU-MU-0025 $777,813 Closed
2017 Dynamic, Graph-Based Risk Assessments for the Detection of Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories Using Large Scale Social and Behavioral Data NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2017-ZA-CX-0002 $731,194 Closed
2018 Leaving gangs and desisting from crime using a multidisciplinary team approach: A randomized control trial evaluation of the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CO 2018-75-CX-0028 $600,797 Closed
2023 A Micro-and Macro Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CO 15PNIJ-23-GG-02401-MUMU $1,456,274 Open
2013 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY 13 Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstrative Initiative YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,899,856 Closed
2014 Effective School Staff Interactions with Students and Police: A Training Model NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Connecticut Office of Policy and Management CT 2014-CK-BX-0003 $566,104 Closed
2016 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,996 Closed
2015 Supplement to the Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to provide funding to support three comparison sites. NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Yale University CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,975 Open
2000 Evidence-based Enhancement of the Detection, Prevention CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program University of Connecticut Health Center CT 2000-IJ-CX-0044 $750,000 Closed
2017 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY17 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,225,000 Closed
2007 Smart Police Deployment Evaluating the Use of Automated Vehicle Locator Technologies in Policing NIJ FY 07 Geospatial Technology: Invited Full Proposals Police Foundation DC 2007-IJ-CX-K153 $235,421 Closed
2008 Dating Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Miami-Dade Middle Schools: A Collaborative Multi-level Randomized Experimental Evaluation NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women Police Executive Research Forum DC 2008-MU-MU-0010 $649,851 Closed
2010 Foreclosures and Crime: A Space-Time Analysis NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Foreclosures and Crime The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-0029 $254,994 Closed
2007 Evaluating the Use of Radio Frequency Identification Devices to Prevent and Investigate Sexual Assaults in Correctional Settings NIJ FY 07 ORE on Sexual Victimization in Corrections The Urban Institute DC 2007-RP-BX-0001 $150,938 Closed