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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
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
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
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 $248,918 Closed
2018 Trauma Exposure, Ecological Factors, and Child Welfare Involvement as Predictors of Youth Crossover into the Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Chapin Hall Center for Children IL 2016-MU-MU-0069 $74,997 Closed
2018 Cross-age peer mentoring to enhance resilience among low-income urban youth living in high violence Chicago communities. Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2014-JU-FX-0003 $998,194 Closed
2018 A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial Legacy OJJDP Research Grants NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2018-JX-FX-0093 $999,396 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2016-MU-MU-0067 $75,000 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 $749,411 Closed
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 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program NORC IL 2012-R2-CX-K008 $399,884 Closed
2013 Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment NORC IL 2013-IJ-CX-K009 $593,715 Closed
2014 CPD FY2014 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes Chicago, City of IL 2014-R2-CX-K002 $528,957 Closed
2013 Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making The University of Chicago IL 2013-R2-CX-0006 $760,230 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
2011 DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN COMPENDIUM OF MICROCRYSTAL TESTS FOR ILLICIT DRUGS AND DIVERTED PHARMACEUTICALS NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute IL 2011-DN-BX-K528 $199,712 Closed
2011 Automated Sperm Detection in forensic DNA analysis: Implications for Rape Kit Analysis NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Arryx, Inc IL 2011-DN-BX-K562 $360,748 Closed
2011 Examining the Effects of Environmental Degradation NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute IL 2011-DN-BX-K548 $370,539 Closed
2009 Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications. NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2009-DN-BX-K194 $743,000 Closed
2013 Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2013-ZA-BX-0008 $793,783 Closed
2014 Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Chicago Police Department IL 2011-IJ-CX-K014 $499,984 Closed
2014 Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Chicago IL 2014-IJ-CX-0011 $29,799 Closed
2014 Underground Gun Markets in Chicago NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence The University of Chicago IL 2014-MU-CX-0013 $459,849 Closed