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: 30
Total Amount Awarded: $16,479,583

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Schoolhouse interrogations and confessions: Perspectives from principals and students	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01564-RESS	$120,741	Open
2024	The Impacts of School Security Equipment on Students and Schools	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01048-STOP	$1,706,788	Open
2021	Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO	$988,559	Open
2020	NIJ National Center on Forensics	NIJ National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2020	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2020-MU-CX-0001	$2,000,000	Open
2020	Partners in Crisis: Improving Police Response to Individuals in Moments of Crisis by Providing Service Alternatives	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2020-R2-CX-0012	$385,434	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	George Mason University	VA	2019-DU-BX-0011	$495,056	Closed
2019	Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-NE-BX-0008	$398,719	Closed
2019	Improving the Investigation, Clearance Rates, and Victim Restoration of Robberies: A Randomized Controlled Experiment	Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-R2-CX-0024	$548,246	Past Project Period End Date
2018	NIJ Rockdale County Emerging Adults	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2019-R2-CX-0005	$957,325	Open
2018	Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	George Mason University	VA	2018-DU-BX-0228	$197,669	Closed
2018	Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	George Mason University	VA	2016-MU-MU-0065	$74,998	Closed
2017	Statistical Error Estimation for an Objective Measure of Similarity to a Latent Image	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	George Mason University	VA	2017-IJ-CX-0029	$470,372	Closed
2016	Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-DN-BX-0147	$449,437	Closed
2016	Rainier Beach Campus Safety Continuum: A Comprehensive Place Based Approach	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-CK-BX-0005	$3,834,667	Closed
2015	Institutional Pathways: Dynamics and Characteristics of System Service Use by Serious Adolescent Offenders	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	George Mason University	VA	2015-JF-FX-0144	$40,000	Closed
2014	Bridging the Research/Practice Gap: Street-Level Decision Making and Historical Influences Related to Evidence-Based Practices in Adult Probation	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	George Mason University	VA	2014-IJ-CX-0004	$31,791	Closed
2014	Implementing, Disseminating and Translating Evidence-Based Policy/Practice in Community Corrections	NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014	George Mason University	VA	2014-IJ-CX-0034	$46,859	Closed
2013	Evaluating the Crime Control and Cost-Benefit Effectiveness of License Plate Recognition (LPR) Technology in Patrol and Investigations	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Policing	George Mason University	VA	2013-IJ-CX-0017	$553,713	Closed
2012	Improving the Success of Reentry Programs: Identifying the Impact of Service-Need Fit on Recidivism	NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data	George Mason University	VA	2012-IJ-CX-0013	$39,379	Closed
2012	Sensitive site exploitation through trace chemical analysis of latent fingerprints (SETCAF)	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	George Mason University	VA	2012-DN-BX-K038	$517,442	Closed
2011	Advancing The Use Of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves To Measure Performance Of Forensic Methods	NIJ FY 11 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program	George Mason University	VA	2011-CD-BX-0124	$25,000	Closed
2009	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research on Exoneration	George Mason University	VA	2009-IJ-CX-0110	$589,315	Closed
2009	Quantifying the Effects of Database Size and Sample Quality on Measures of Individualization Validity and Accuracy in Forensics	NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	George Mason University	VA	2009-DN-BX-K234	$974,981	Closed
2006	The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Composition on Police Decision Making Pathways in African, Asian, Hispanic, and Immigrant Communities	NIJ FY06 ORE W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship	George Mason University	VA	2007-IJ-CX-0032	$74,872	Closed
2004	SAFE SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS RESEARCH SUPPORT	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	George Mason University	VA	2000-RD-CX-K003	$49,969	Closed