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

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships & Violence Program	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$648,164	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	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	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	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	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
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	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
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
2017	A Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing in Crime Hotspots	NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction)	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-R2-CX-0017	$1,399,828	Closed
2017	Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0024	$196,415	Closed
2017	Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution: Assessing victimization and perpetration sequencing and proximal determinants	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-VF-GX-0103	$452,891	Closed
2017	Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Chicago	IL	2017-MU-MU-0042	$532,286	Closed
2017	Relationship Dynamics in the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV)	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-MU-CX-0031	$998,574	Closed
2017	Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2017-VA-CX-0033	$452,553	Closed
2018	A Longitudinal Study of Police Prestige, Job Satisfaction, Resilience and Stress through the Officer Safety and Wellness Platform (OSAW-B)	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2018-R2-CX-0026	$1,135,179	Past Project Period End Date
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	Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0001	$32,000	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	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	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	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	Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2018-DU-BX-0216	$198,000	Closed