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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.
Showing Results For:
State: IL,
City: CHICAGO

Number of Awards: 123
Total Amount Awarded: $63,952,702

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Exploring the Intersection of Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, and Other Criminal Activity in the United States NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-24-GG-01904-RESS $649,895 Open
2024 Incentivized Informants and Wrongful Convictions: Understanding the Risks and Mitigating the Effects LIFE AFTER JUSTICE IL 15PNIJ-24-GK-03091-MUMU $1,133,976 Open
2024 Research, Evaluation, and Analysis of Call Handling on Three-Digit Hotlines (REACH-3D) NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on 911, Alternative Hotlines, and Alternative Responder Models UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-24-GG-01559-RESS $935,000 Open
2023 Domestic Terrorism Targeting America’s Political Elites NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01385-DOMR $751,254 Open
2022 DENTAGE: A multi-component subadult dental age estimation method NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04433-RESS $567,920 Open
2022 Multi-Site Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-01568-HT $979,022 Open
2022 Research Assistantship Program (RAP) NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research Assistantship Program (RAP), DePaul University DEPAUL UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-00947-RESS $58,101 Closed
2022 Youth Defense Delivery Systems and Associated Outcomes NIJ FY22 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-03056-TITL $508,010 Open
2021 A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS $632,781 Open
2021 Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB $585,726 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Towards Understanding Deradicalization in the U.S.: A Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of Parents for Peace Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02724-DOMR $472,168 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Twenty Years Later: National Study of Victim Compensation Program Trends, Challenges, and Successes. Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-00995-NONF $748,827 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Methods to Cost Crime Victimization: Statistical Modelling with Integrated and Survey Data to Comprehensively Measure Harm Research and Evaluation of Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2020-V3-GX-0078 $1,225,595 Closed
2020 SCA Follow-up Study: A Longitudinal Study of 2009 Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Program Participants NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2020-MU-MU-0014 $1,699,867 Open
2019 Campus Sexual Assault Responses (CSAR): Informing Trauma-Informed Policies, Protocols, and Training Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VA-CX-K001 $999,999 Closed
2019 Development of Microscopical Methods for the Systematic Analysis of Chemically Reacted, Improvised Low Explosives and Related Residues Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MCCRONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IL 2019-DU-BX-0047 $157,863 Closed
2019 Evaluability Assessment of a Metropolitan Network Service Delivery Model to Connect Trafficked Persons with a Full Range of Victim Services Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VT-BX-0036 $294,221 Closed
2019 Financial Exploitation Intervention Team Evaluability Assessment Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2019-V3-GX-0005 $995,926 Closed
2019 Formative Evaluation of a City-Wide Hospital-Based Victims Services Intervention in Chicago Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-V3-GX-0004 $493,017 Closed
2018 A Longitudinal Study of Police Prestige, Job Satisfaction, Resilience and Stress through the Officer Safety and Wellness Platform (OSAW-B) NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2018-R2-CX-0026 $1,135,179 Closed
2018 A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial Legacy OJJDP Research Grants NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2018-JX-FX-0093 $999,396 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2018 Cross-age peer mentoring to enhance resilience among low-income urban youth living in high violence Chicago communities. Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2014-JU-FX-0003 $998,194 Closed
2018 Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2018-DU-BX-0216 $198,000 Closed
2018 Formative Evaluation of a Medical-Legal Partnership on the Westside of Chicago NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM IL 2018-V3-GX-0002 $294,839 Closed