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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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Awardee Name: University of Texas

Number of Awards: 39
Total Amount Awarded: $16,493,045

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Jury Deliberations of Child Witnesses with Autism Spectrum Disorder NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-01572-RESS $180,000 Open
2024 Safe Transitions for Teens NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Safe Transitions for Teens: Assessing the Impact of Intimate Partner Transitional Housing on Adolescent Residents Study UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON TX 15PNIJ-24-AG-00117-REVA $842,337 Open
2023 Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO $467,325 Open
2023 Meeting the Ongoing, Urgent, Unmet Needs of Uvalde Residents After the Robb Elementary School Shooting NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - University of Texas at Austin Developing More Effective Services and Programs for Victims of Mass Shootings UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04105-AERX $1,000,000 Open
2023 Violence and aggression toward teachers among 50 largest school districts: A longitudinal examination of risk factors, negative consequences, and school responses NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on School Safety THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-02606-STOP $697,718 Open
2022 Safe Transitions for Teens: Assessing the Impact of Intimate Partner Transitional Housing on Adolescent Residents NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-01615-REVA $940,754 Closed
2021 Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF $590,041 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Life course and intergenerational effects of criminal justice involvement: Identifying risks, the search for resilience, and the impact of rise in opioid misuse and the Covid-19 pandemic Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE TX 2020-MU-MU-0017 $1,881,736 Closed
2020 The Cumulative Financial Costs of Victimization among College Students at Minority Serving Institutions Research and Evaluation of Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TX 2020-V3-GX-0075 $745,679 Closed
2020 Violence against Teachers in the 50 Largest U.S. School Districts: Predictors, Consequences, and School Responses Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TX 2020-CK-BX-0004 $579,041 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Crime and Victimization on the US-Mexico Border: A Comparison of Legal Residents, Illegal Residents and Native-Born Citizens Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO TX 2019-R2-CX-0054 $521,702 Closed
2019 Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2019-R2-CX-0049 $150,000 Closed
2018 Assessment of Cognitive Performance-based Training to Improve Police Decision-making NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Decision-making THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO TX 2018-75-CX-0030 $846,536 Declined
2018 Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2018-MU-BX-0004 $635,430 Past Project Period End Date
2018 ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2018-ZD-CX-0004 $485,244 Closed
2017 A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Victimization at Schools: Prevalence, Predictors, and Negative Consequence NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, THE TX 2017-CK-BX-0010 $364,469 Closed
2017 Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON, THE TX 2017-VF-GX-0001 $271,822 Closed
2017 Simulation Tool to Assess Dynamic Strategies for Deployment of Police Resources NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations The University of Texas at Arlington TX 2015-R2-CX-0006 $44,975 Closed
2016 Continuation of Dating it Safe: A Longitudinal Study of Teen Dating Violence Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX 2012-WG-BX-0005 $117,891 Closed
2016 Simulation Tool to Assess Dynamic Strategies for Deployment of Police Resources Office of Science and Technology Continuations The University of Texas at Arlington TX 2015-R2-CX-0006 $44,094 Closed
2015 Design and Implementation of Forensic Facial Identification Experts Test NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Texas at Dallas TX 2015-IJ-CX-K014 $639,450 Closed
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2015 School Climate- Teacher Victimization NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-CK-BX-0019 $359,501 Open
2015 Simulation Tool to Assess Dynamic Strategies for Deployment of Police Resources NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics The University of Texas at Arlington TX 2015-R2-CX-0006 $44,094 Closed
2014 Family Instability and Exposure to Violence in Childhood and Adolescence NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The University of Texas at Austin TX 2014-IJ-CX-0025 $39,517 Closed