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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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State: CA

Number of Awards: 730
Total Amount Awarded: $388,702,991

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Delinquency and Crime from Adolescence Through Young Adulthood: The Crossroads Study Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2020-JX-FX-0001 $999,918 Past Project Period End Date
2020 The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2020-R2-CX-0038 $1,557,676 Open
2021 "Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance". W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB $885,090 Open
2022 Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS $877,000 Open
2023 Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS $55,500 Open
2023 Losing Sleep and Losing Control: The Impact of Subjective and Objective Sleep on the Problem Behavior and Mental Health of Justice-Involved Young Adults NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01946-RESS $166,500 Open
2020 Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 2020-R2-CX-0029 $100,000 Closed
2020 Evaluation of nuclear DNA from rootless hair for forensic purposes Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 2020-DQ-BX-0014 $747,384 Past Project Period End Date
2023 Development of computational methods for genetic identification and kinship analysis of forensic samples NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01948-RESS $111,000 Open
2014 Prospective Evaluation of California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2014-R2-CX-0012 $1,167,909 Closed
2015 Use of Genetically Variant Peptides to Statistically Estimate the Genetic Background of Hair Shafts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2015-DN-BX-K065 $397,337 Closed
2017 Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-R2-CX-0004 $50,000 Closed
2017 Preventing Firearm Violence: An Evaluation of Urban Blight Removal in High Risk Communities NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-IJ-CX-0021 $669,964 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
2018 Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-R2-CX-0004 $48,630 Closed
2019 Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2019-R2-CX-0051 $50,000 Closed
2016 Prospective Evaluation of California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2014-R2-CX-0012 $1,048,000 Closed
2022 Species Identification in Forensic Casework using Proteomics NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03566-SLFO $498,963 Open
2022 Touch DNA in Activity-Level Propositions: A Bullpen of Events to Inform Alternate Prosecution and Defense Scenarios NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04425-DNAX $272,533 Open
2019 Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-R2-CX-0004 $48,599 Closed
2017 Can Jury Instructions Have an Impact on Trial Outcomes NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0044 $489,085 Closed
2018 Large-Scale Deep Point Process Models for Crime Forecasting NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2018-R2-CX-0013 $149,999 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
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
2017 Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CA 2017-DN-BX-0148 $464,910 Closed