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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.

Fiscal year 2021 Awards

NIJ grantees will be notified through the JustGrants system when they have received an award. All grants not awarded by September 30th will be made as soon as possible on a rolling basis and no later than December 31, 2021. Applicants not receiving a FY 2021 award, for which they competitively applied, will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than the calendar year-end. Please continue to visit the NIJ website for updates on NIJ grant awards. NIJ will update the list below as they are released.

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Awardee Name: Michigan State University

Number of Awards: 59
Total Amount Awarded: $26,345,225

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 Long-Term Follow-Up of the National Evaluation of Gang Resistance Education and Training Project Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-21-GG-00095-TITL $1,055,202 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Seized Drug Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2020-DQ-BX-0001 $228,918 Open
2020 Examining Radicalization's Risk and Protective Factors: A Case-control Study of Violent Extremists, Non-criminal Extremists & Regular Homicide Offenders Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2020-ZA-CX-0001 $771,610 Open
2020 Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2020-75-CX-0012 $530,242 Open
2019 ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED TRAINING TO IMPROVE POLICE DECISION-MAKING NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2018-75-CX-4030 $846,510 Open
2019 Enhancing Corporate Crime Enforcement with Machine Learning--A Multidisciplinary Risk Factor Approach Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0008 $28,282 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Prevention of Financial Abuse Among Elders Affected by Cognitive Decline: A Randomized Controlled Trial In Three Rural Communities Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime: Health Care and Elder Fraud, FY 2019 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2019-MU-CX-0094 $595,961 Open
2018 Evaluating a Web-Based Crisis Hotline for Sexual Assault Victims: Decreasing Barriers, Increasing Help-Seeking, and Improving the Help-Seeking Experience NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2018-ZD-CX-0003 $351,975 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Investigating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Gasoline at Elevated Temperatures for Fire Debris Applications NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2018-DU-BX-0225 $466,769 Open
2018 Pathways to School Shootings: An Integrated Developmental and Life Course Criminological Approach NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences Michigan State University MI 2018-R2-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2017 Incorporating Graph-Based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Michigan State University MI 2015-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2017 Increasing identifications of deceased border crossers: investigating spatial and skeletal attributes of migrant deaths NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Michigan State University MI 2017-IJ-CX-0002 $36,148 Closed
2016 A Systematic Analysis of Product Counterfeiting Schemes, Offenders, and Victims in the United States New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Michigan State University MI 2016-R2-CX-0052 $149,930 Closed
2016 Incorporating Graph-based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition Office of Science and Technology Continuations Michigan State University MI 2015-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2015 A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K012 $423,959 Closed
2015 Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K013 $564,875 Closed
2015 Comprehensive Approaches to Addressing Mental Health Needs and Enhancing School Security: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2015-CK-BX-0017 $4,430,775 Open
2015 Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K031 $219,127 Closed
2015 Incorporating Graph-Based Models in a Deep Learning Framework for Operational Face Recognition NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Michigan State University MI 2015-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2015 Intra-Bone Variation of Recoverable Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Human Skeletal Material NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K036 $121,087 Closed
2015 Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2015-R2-CX-K041 $724,294 Open
2015 Statistical and Mass Spectral Tools for the Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Phenethylamines NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-IJ-CX-K008 $239,652 Closed
2015 Understanding the Impact of School Safety on the High School Transition Experience: From Etiology to Prevention NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Michigan State University MI 2015-CK-BX-0003 $849,281 Closed
2014 An Assessment of Extremist Groups Use of Web Forums, Social Media, and Technology to Enculturate and Radicalize Individuals to Violence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Michigan State University MI 2014-ZA-BX-0004 $585,719 Closed
2014 Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Michigan State University MI 2014-NE-BX-0006 $699,533 Closed