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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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State: IL,
City: Chicago

Number of Awards: 131
Total Amount Awarded: $69,427,185

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2009 Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications. NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Chicago IL 2009-DN-BX-K194 $743,000 Closed
2011 Chicago Police Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Phase 2 NIJ FY 11 Predictive Policing: Phase II Chicago Police Department IL 2011-IJ-CX-K014 $1,500,000 Closed
2011 Automated Sperm Detection in forensic DNA analysis: Implications for Rape Kit Analysis NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Arryx, Inc IL 2011-DN-BX-K562 $360,748 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
2010 Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2010-DY-BX-K005 $687,448 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
2010 A Dating Violence Prevention Program for Each Grade in Middle School: A Longitudinal Multi-Level Experiment. NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking National Opinion Research Center IL 2010-MU-MU-0008 $807,256 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
2010 FY10 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2010-CD-BX-0015 $952,434 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
2007 GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study NIJ FY 07 ORE Community Corrections The University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2007-IJ-CX-0016 $365,704 Closed
2009 Developing End-User Criteria and a Prototype for an Elder Abuse Assessment System NIJ FY 09 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2009-IJ-CX-0202 $307,436 Closed
2007 Forensic Microscopy Training Program NIJ FY 07 Training and Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals in the Collection and Use of DNA Evidence McCrone Research Institute IL 2007-DN-BX-K207 $496,985 Closed
2008 Advancing Knowledge and Practice in Policing: A Longitudinal Platform for National Research NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2008-DN-BX-0005 $1,880,086 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
2011 Examining the Effects of Environmental Degradation NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute IL 2011-DN-BX-K548 $370,539 Closed
2018 Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2016-MU-MU-0067 $75,000 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $749,411 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
2009 Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Planning Program NIJ FY09 Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program Chicago Police Department IL 2009-DE-BX-K223 $196,406 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2008 Holographic Optical Trapping in Forensic Research and Development: Application to Rape Kit Analysis NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Arryx, Inc IL 2008-DN-BX-K123 $252,026 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
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed