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	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
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
2014	FFY14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2014-CD-BX-0032	$288,499	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	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-CD-BX-0001	$294,523	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
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	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	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	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	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
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
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
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	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	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