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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.
Showing Results For:
State: IL,
City: CHICAGO

Number of Awards: 131
Total Amount Awarded: $69,427,185

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $248,953 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $499,996 Closed
2012 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2012-DY-BX-K004 $589,638 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
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2013-DY-BX-K002 $332,533 Closed
2006 An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions Chicago Police Department IL 2006-IJ-CX-0023 $250,000 Closed
2007 Chicago Police Department " Solving Cold Cases With DNA Initiative" NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2007-DN-BX-K025 $498,579 Closed
2007 GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study NIJ FY 07 ORE Community Corrections The University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2007-IJ-CX-0016 $365,704 Closed
2016 Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness: A Multi-Level Study Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2016-IJ-CX-0021 $970,795 Closed
2016 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime National Opinion Research Center IL 2016-VF-GX-0007 $225,000 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $936,571 Closed
2015 Development of Modern Microcrystal Tests for Controlled Drugs, Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Bath Salts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute, Inc. IL 2015-IJ-CX-K010 $122,428 Closed
2015 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K032 $217,450 Closed
2015 FFY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2015-CD-BX-0002 $307,861 Closed
2015 Postconviction DNA Program NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office IL 2015-DY-BX-K007 $400,701 Closed
2015 A Nationally Representative Study of Conflicts, Dyadic Interactions, and the Victim-Offender Overlap NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime National Opinion Research Center IL 2015-VF-GX-0110 $998,044 Closed
2015 Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-VF-GX-K031 $1,500,000 Closed
2016 The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Microspectrophotometry (MSP) of Dyed Fibers Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute IL 2016-DN-BX-0145 $289,126 Closed
2016 Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0182 $204,725 Closed
2016 Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0183 $93,561 Closed
2016 Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Northwestern University IL 2016-R2-CX-0039 $425,000 Open
2016 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics Non-solicited Applications The University of Chicago IL 2015-DN-BX-K430 $564,735 Closed
2016 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $149,688 Closed