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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.
Description
Showing Results For:
State: IL,
City: Chicago

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Sort descending Award Number Amount Status
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
2011 Illinois' Statewide Crime Lab Improvement Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2011-CD-BX-0003 $791,358 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 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
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
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
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
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
2009 Development of an Automated Holographic Optical Trapping Method for Rape Kit Analysis NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Arryx, Inc IL 2009-DN-BX-K260 $362,800 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
2010 Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships The University of Chicago IL 2010-IJ-CX-0033 $440,437 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
2006 An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions Chicago Police Department IL 2006-IJ-CX-0023 $250,000 Closed
2006 Evaluating the Implementation of a Family-Focused Prevention Program: Effectiveness of SAFEChildren NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs Board of Trustess of the University of Illinois IL 2006-JP-FX-0062 $836,328 Closed
2005 FFY05 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2005-DN-BX-0080 $412,349 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
2006 Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Elderly Individuals NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2006-MU-MU-0004 $304,300 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
2009 Forensic Microscopy Training Program II NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program McCrone Research Institute Inc. IL 2009-DN-BX-K212 $520,000 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
2011 Decision-making Factors Influencing the Wearing of Body Armor: A National Study NIJ FY 11 Body Armor Standards Research for Criminal Justice Applications NORC IL 2011-IJ-CX-K056 $383,641 Closed
2009 FFY09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2009-CD-BX-0001 $672,473 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