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: 123
Total Amount Awarded: $63,952,702

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2015-ZA-BX-0003	$936,571	Closed
2015	FFY15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2015-CD-BX-0002	$307,861	Closed
2015	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships & Violence Program	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$648,164	Closed
2015	Postconviction DNA Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office	IL	2015-DY-BX-K007	$400,701	Closed
2015	Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2015-VF-GX-K031	$1,500,000	Closed
2014	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2014-DN-BX-K012	$190,400	Closed
2014	Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-CD-BX-0027	$160,325	Closed
2014	Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Chicago Police Department	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K014	$499,984	Closed
2014	Chicago Public Schools's Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR) Program to use social media monitoring to identify and connect youth to behavioral interventions.	NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe	Board of Education City of Chicago	IL	2014-CK-BX-0002	$2,197,178	Closed
2014	CPD FY2014 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-R2-CX-K002	$528,957	Closed
2014	FFY14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2014-CD-BX-0032	$288,499	Closed
2014	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships and Violence (STRiV2)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$351,825	Closed
2014	Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Chicago	IL	2014-IJ-CX-0011	$29,799	Closed
2014	Underground Gun Markets in Chicago	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence	The University of Chicago	IL	2014-MU-CX-0013	$459,849	Closed
2013	FFY13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-CD-BX-0005	$267,971	Closed
2013	Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions	NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making	The University of Chicago	IL	2013-R2-CX-0006	$760,230	Closed
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2013	Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-ZA-BX-0008	$793,783	Closed
2012	A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Chicago, City of	IL	2012-DN-BX-K004	$499,565	Closed
2012	Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program: Phase 2 Continuation	NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Chicago Police Department	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K014	$1,000,000	Closed
2012	Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NORC	IL	2012-R2-CX-K008	$399,884	Closed
2012	Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Electronic Data Management System	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Cook County	IL	2012-CD-BX-0027	$175,000	Closed
2012	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-CD-BX-0001	$294,523	Closed
2012	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-DY-BX-K004	$589,638	Closed