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: 131
Total Amount Awarded: $69,427,185

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation Sort descending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2011	A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	NORC at the University of Chicago	IL	2011-WG-BX-0020	$899,908	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
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	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	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	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
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	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
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
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	DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN COMPENDIUM OF MICROCRYSTAL TESTS FOR ILLICIT DRUGS AND DIVERTED PHARMACEUTICALS	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	McCrone Research Institute	IL	2011-DN-BX-K528	$199,712	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	$248,918	Closed
2018	Trauma Exposure, Ecological Factors, and Child Welfare Involvement as Predictors of Youth Crossover into the Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Chapin Hall Center for Children	IL	2016-MU-MU-0069	$74,997	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	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	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