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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: 124
Total Amount Awarded: $63,104,270

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 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
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 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2022 Policing the Rainbow: Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02715-RESS $654,179 Open
2022 Research Assistantship Program (RAP) DEPAUL UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-00947-RESS $58,101 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2022 Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS $837,477 Open
2022 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 Open
2021 Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB $585,726 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 MC CRONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. IL 2019-DU-BX-0047 $157,863 Open
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 Past Project Period End Date
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 Open
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 Open
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 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, THE IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $1,247,282 Open
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
2018 Multidimensional Vulnerabilities for Online Radicalization NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2018-ZA-CX-0001 $750,000 Closed
2018 Neighborhood Context and Probation Outcomes NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0006 $32,000 Closed
2018 The influence of social surroundings on juvenile and criminal justice involvement of 17-year-olds transitioning from foster care to adulthood: A longitudinal and life-course approach NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0007 $32,000 Closed