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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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State: DC,
City: WASHINGTON

Number of Awards: 270
Total Amount Awarded: $113,179,624

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2004 Preventing Repeat Incidents of Family Violence: A Randomized Multi-Site Field Test of Second Responders Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women Police Foundation DC 2004-WG-BX-0002 $411,961 Closed
2023 Capturing nuclear DNA from hair shafts NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-04209-DNAX $413,504 Open
2001 Ecological Model of Battered Women's Experience Over Time Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Georgetown University DC 2001-WT-BX-0001 $414,540 Closed
2023 An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI $425,304 Open
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-DC Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Metropolitan Police Department DC 2012-DN-BX-0066 $430,520 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Washington, DC Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2015-DN-BX-0028 $437,802 Closed
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
2013 FY 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2013-DN-BX-0111 $438,971 Closed
2003 Evaluation of the ACTION Agricultural Crime Prevention CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The Urban Institute DC 2003-DD-BX-1017 $447,040 Closed
2022 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2020-R2-CX-0009 $450,000 Open
2011 A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American University DC 2009-IJ-CX-4110 $450,858 Closed
2011 Evaluating and Improving Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combatting Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on International Organized Crime (IOC) American University DC 2011-IJ-CX-0001 $453,112 Closed
2016 Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc. DC 2016-IJ-CX-0005 $460,000 Closed
2007 A Randomized Experiment of License Plate Recognition Technology in Mesa, AZ NIJ FY 07 ORE Technology POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 2007-IJ-CX-0023 $474,765 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-DC Metropolitan Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Metropolitan Police Department DC 2011-DN-BX-K431 $483,515 Closed
2017 Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE DC 2017-DN-BX-0164 $492,892 Closed
2006 Applying Situational Crime Prevention to Sexual Assaults in Jail Facilities: An Action Research Partnership NIJ FY06 ORE R&E on Sexual Victimization in Corrections The Urban Institute DC 2006-RP-BX-0040 $496,704 Closed
2016 Reducing Exclusionary Discipline and Ensuring School Safety Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Urban Institute DC 2016-CK-BX-0022 $497,491 Open
2011 Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Urban Institute DC 2011-IJ-CX-0026 $498,844 Closed
2010 Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-1674 $499,036 Closed
1999 Eval. of a Multi-Site Demon. for Enhanced Judicial Oversight Determining the Effects of Neighborhood Peer and Family The Urban Institute DC 1999-WT-VX-K005 $499,954 Closed
2013 Evidence, Sexual Assaults, and Case Outcomes: Understanding the Role of Sexual Assault Kits, Non-Forensic Evidence, and Case Characteristics NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Urban Institute DC 2013-NE-BX-0007 $499,956 Closed
2014 Evaluating Medicaid Access for Halfway House Residents: A Research Partnership with the Connecticut Department of Corrections NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Urban Institute DC 2014-IJ-CX-0015 $499,989 Closed
2015 Research on Contraband and Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research on the Efficacy of Different Contraband Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-IJ-CX-K001 $499,999 Closed
2018 Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2015-MU-MU-K002 $500,000 Closed