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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 Committee on Law and Justice National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation National Academy of Sciences DC 2001-MU-MU-0007 $250,000 Closed
2015 Optimizing Video Analytics in a Correction Setting, Phase I NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-R2-CX-K001 $599,742 Closed
2000 Improving Research and Data on Firearms CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program National Academy of Sciences DC 2000-IJ-CX-0034 $175,613 Closed
2004 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 District of Columbia DC 2004-DN-BX-K163 $188,180 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
2004 mtDNA Reference Database for the Domestic Dog Forensic DNA Research & Development The George Washington University DC 2004-DN-BX-K004 $243,144 Closed
2008 Smart Police Deployment: Evaluating the Use of Automated Vehicle Locator Technologies in Policing NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations Police Foundation DC 2007-IJ-CX-K153 $221,060 Closed
2005 The Past, Present and Future of Juvenile Justice: Assessing the Policy Options Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 The Urban Institute DC 2005-IJ-CX-0039 $258,068 Closed
2006 Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Metropolitan Police Department DC 2006-DN-BX-K099 $75,158 Closed
2020 A National Assessment of Demand Reduction Efforts, Part II: New Developments in the Primary Prevention of Sex Trafficking Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, INC. DC 2020-75-CX-0011 $239,946 Closed
2020 Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): An Exploration of Costs and Consequences Research and Evaluation of Technology-Facilitated Abuse for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 JUSTICE INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK INC. DC 2020-R2-CX-0003 $640,693 Open
2020 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2020-R2-CX-0009 $288,389 Open
2021 Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics NIJ FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Operation of the Secretariat of SC 37 under JTC 1 of ISO/IEC AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS $50,000 Open
2021 Fatal and Non-Fatal Intimate Partner and Family Violence Against Older Women: An Exploration of Age and Police Response to Inform Research, Policy and Practice Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02801-REVA $195,135 Open
2021 Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Federal Sentencing Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02817-RESS $49,998 Closed
2021 Managing Protests: A National Study of Police Policies and Practices Research and Evaluation on Policing Strategies for Civil Disturbances, Fiscal Year 2021 POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02706-RESS $599,999 Open
2021 Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS $705,856 Open
2021 Evaluating the OHTS Tool and Assessing Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03631-MUMU $648,715 Open
2021 Juvenile Justice Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: Responses, and Opportunities for Reform Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 JUSTICE INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK INC. DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03266-RESS $597,283 Open
2022 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts NIJ FY22 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00035-VTCX $3,000,000 Open
2022 Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00032-NIJB $250,000 Past Project Period End Date
2022 How Do “Credible Messenger” Mentors Promote Youth Development? A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston NIJ FY22 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-22-GG-01423-MENT $651,522 Open
2022 Replication Validation of a Human Trafficking Screening Tool for Law Enforcement and Estimation of Prevalence NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-22-GG-01569-NIJB $649,332 Open
2022 Phased Evaluation of an OVC-Funded National Resource Center: Assessing VictimConnect’s Implementation and Outcomes for the Victim Service Field NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-22-GG-03290-NONF $650,000 Open
2022 Prevalence Estimation of Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Juvenile Facilities NIJ FY22 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-22-GG-03052-TITL $549,956 Open