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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 Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 An Evaluation of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications Caliber Associates Inc VA 2005-WT-BX-0002 $425,210 Closed
2011 An Examination of the "Marriage Effect" on Desistance from Crime among U.S. Immigrants NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2011-IJ-CX-0002 $99,149 Closed
2023 An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI $425,304 Open
2010 An Experimental Evaluation of the BJA DMI Training and Technical Assistance Initiative NIJ FY 10 ORE Evaluation of the BJA Drug Market Intervention (DMI) Training and Technical Assistance Initiative RAND Corporation CA 2010-DJ-BX-1672 $2,914,961 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 Closed
2012 Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area: Documenting the Value of Cross-Agency and Cross-Jurisdictional Data Integration NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime Urban Institute DC 2012-R2-CX-0001 $689,507 Closed
2019 Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 Closed
2018 Applying Artificial Intelligence to Person-Based Policing Practices NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION VA 2018-75-CX-0002 $563,411 Past Project Period End Date
2016 Applying Promising Evidence to New Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of Summer Jobs in Philadelphia New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2016-R2-CX-0049 $147,210 Closed
2006 Applying Situational Crime Prevention to Sexual Assaults in Jail Facilities: An Action Research Partnership NIJ FY06 ORE R&E on Sexual Victimization in Corrections The Urban Institute DC 2006-RP-BX-0040 $496,704 Closed
2009 Assessing the Link between Foreclosure and Crime Rates: a Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhoods across Cities and Metropolitan Areas NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Florida State University FL 2009-IJ-CX-0020 $362,206 Closed
2003 Assessing the Social Structural and Ecological Context of the Relationship Between Public Order Crime and More Serious Crime
FY 2003 Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety: Funding for Spatial Data Analysis University of Texas At Austin Office of Sponsored Projects TX 2003-IJ-CX-0198 $57,498 Closed
2019 Atypical Work Hours and Adaptation in Law Enforcement: Targets for Disease Prevention Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-R2-CX-0021 $834,177 Open
2007 Automated Detection and Prevention of Disorderly and Criminal Activities NIJ FY 07 Sensors and Surveillance Technologies: Invited Full Proposals General Electric Company NY 2007-RG-CX-K015 $499,878 Closed
2015 Board Diversity, Corporate Malfeasance and Legal Sanctions NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on White-Collar Crime and Public Corruption University of Maryland MD 2015-IJ-CX-0008 $404,978 Closed
2007 Broken Windows Policing: A Randomized Experimental Evaluation of its Impacts on Disorder, Fear and Crime in Three Cities NIJ FY 07 ORE Police and Public Safety University of Maryland MD 2007-IJ-CX-0047 $350,431 Closed
2014 Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying and its Impact on
Youth across the Lifecourse: A Consensus Study
FY 14 NIJ Non-solicited Applications National Academy of Sciences DC 2014-MU-MU-0011 $125,000 Closed
2009 Can Video Surveillance Reduce Crime? Quantifying the Size and Goegraphic Extent of CCTV's Impact NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2009-IJ-CX-0012 $486,161 Closed
2020 Characterizing and Preventing Domestic Terrorism: A Mixed-Methods Study of Five Far-Right Terrorist Groups Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 2020-ZA-CX-0003 $998,599 Open
1997 Co-Producing Commercial Safety Services in Philadelphia Evaluation of Breaking the Cycle The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1997-IJ-CX-0049 $280,699 Closed
2015 Coaching teachers in detection and intervention related to bullying NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2015-CK-BX-0008 $999,952 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
2018 Cognitive Behavioral Mentoring: Investigation of Research-Informed Enhancements to Program Practices Legacy OJJDP Research Grants AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2016-JU-FX-0001 $249,995 Past Project Period End Date
2007 Committee on Law and Justice Core Support NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations National Academy of Sciences DC 2007-IJ-CX-0044 $250,000 Closed
2008 Committee on Law and Justice Core Support NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations National Academy of Sciences DC 2007-IJ-CX-0044 $250,000 Closed