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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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Keyword(s): elder abuse

Number of Awards: 37
Total Amount Awarded: $16,848,668

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2007 A Multi-site Assessment of Court-Focused Elder Abuse Initiatives NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education DC 2007-IJ-CX-0107 $219,409 Closed
2006 A Multi-site Study to Characterize Pressure Ulcers in Long-term Care under Best Practices NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse The Regents of the University of California CA 2006-IJ-CX-0029 $561,718 Closed
2007 A Population-Based Assessment of Elder Mistreatment in Non-Institutionalized Adults NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse Medical University of South Carolina SC 2007-WG-BX-0009 $700,780 Closed
2020 A Skeletal Atlas of Elder Abuse: Establishing Markers of Physical Abuse and Developing a Digital Diagnostic Tool for Education and Screening Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-75-CX-0005 $1,035,328 Open
2010 An Examination of Resident Abuse in Assisted Living Facilities NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of the Elderly and Residents of Residential Care Facilities UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PA 2010-IJ-CX-0023 $466,441 Closed
2005 Bruising as a Forensic Marker of Physical Elder Abuse Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities The Regents of the University of California, Irvine CA 2005-IJ-CX-0048 $375,655 Closed
2006 Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Elderly Individuals NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2006-MU-MU-0004 $304,300 Closed
2008 Coroner Investigations of Suspicious Elder Deaths NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice The Regents of the University of California CA 2008-MU-MU-0021 $526,985 Closed
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
2005 Detecting, Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in Residential Care Facilities Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities Texas A and M Research Foundation TX 2005-IJ-CX-0054 $208,354 Closed
2013 Developing and Testing a Culturally Relevant Practice Model to Understand Financial Maltreatment of Chinese American Elders NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2013-IJ-CX-0024 $72,775 Closed
2009 Developing End-User Criteria and a Prototype for an Elder Abuse Assessment System NIJ FY 09 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2009-IJ-CX-0202 $307,436 Closed
2015 Development and Validation of a Screening Protocol to Identify Elder Abuse in United States Emergency Departments NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2015-IJ-CX-0022 $968,933 Closed
2014 Development of a brief elder abuse and neglect screener for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-MU-CX-0102 $369,039 Closed
2011 Elder Abuse Computerized Decision Support System NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization Chestnut Health Systems IL 2011-IJ-CX-0014 $731,748 Closed
2016 Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project:Planning Phase Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project: Planning Phase THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2016-MU-CX-K006 $399,370 Closed
2018 Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project:Planning Phase NIJ FY18 Continuations THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2016-MU-CX-K006 $999,557 Closed
2023 Elder Abuse Survivor Equity (EASE) Study: National Longitudinal Trajectories and Translation for Practitioners and the Public NIJ FY23 Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-02625-MUMU $1,499,885 Open
2005 Elder Abuse: How Protective Behaviors and Risk Factors Affect the Course of Abuse Over Time Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities Police Foundation DC 2005-WG-BX-0012 $438,054 Closed
2020 Evaluability Assessment of the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice's Elder Abuse Shelter Services Research and Evaluation of Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2020-V3-GX-0077 $302,950 Closed
2009 Evaluating an Elder Abuse Forensic Center Using a Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 09 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of Southern California CA 2009-IJ-CX-0017 $260,006 Closed
2011 Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of the Elder Abuse Forensic Center Model NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization University of Southern California CA 2011-IJ-CX-0015 $484,448 Closed
2021 Fatal and Non-Fatal Intimate Partner and Family Violence Against Older Women: An Exploration of Age and Police Response to Inform Research, Policy and Practice Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02801-REVA $195,135 Open
2006 Financial Abuse of the Elderly vs Other Forms of Elder Abuse: Assessing Their Dynamics, Risk Factors, and Society''s Response NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse University of Virginia VA 2006-WG-BX-0010 $290,414 Closed
2019 Financial Exploitation Intervention Team Evaluability Assessment Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2019-V3-GX-0005 $995,926 Closed