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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: SC,
City: Columbia

Number of Awards: 83
Total Amount Awarded: $88,585,280

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 A longitudinal cohort mixed methods study of the impact of mental health on retention and turnover among early career police officers in South Carolina NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-23-GG-05499-RESS $1,000,000 Open
2021 Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA $357,234 Open
2016 An Evaluation of a Social Interaction Training Program to Reduce the Use of Force and BuildLegitimacy Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing University of South Carolina SC 2016-IJ-CX-0018 $799,454 Closed
2016 Youth Violence and Victimization: Predicting Responses to Peer Aggression New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of South Carolina SC 2016-R2-CX-0056 $150,000 Closed
2015 2015 SLED DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2015-DN-BX-0045 $934,421 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction-Richland County NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Richland County Government SC 2015-DN-BX-0005 $162,211 Closed
2015 Interconnecting PBIS and School Mental Health to Improve School Safety: A Randomized Trial NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 2015-CK-BX-0018 $4,106,951 Closed
2013 2013 DNA Backlog Reduction for SLED NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2013-DN-BX-0075 $1,159,816 Closed
2013 FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Richland County NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Richland County Government SC 2013-DN-BX-0051 $151,400 Closed
2012 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction for SLED NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2012-DN-BX-0108 $1,220,628 Closed
2012 FY 2012 DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Richland County NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Richland County Government SC 2012-DN-BX-0025 $135,000 Closed
2012 Impact of Incarceration on Families: A Single-Jurisdiction Pilot Study Using Triangulated Administrative Data & Qualitative Interviews NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2012-IJ-CX-0034 $498,707 Closed
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed
2011 Evidence Based Solutions to Reduce Law Enforcement Officer Vehicular Crashes NIJ FY 11 Officer Traffic Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-DJ-BX-3497 $79,415 Closed
2011 FY 2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Richland County NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Richland County Government SC 2011-DN-BX-K404 $195,000 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-SLED NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2011-DN-BX-K432 $1,815,233 Closed
2011 Multimode Imaging in the Thermal Infrared: Validation for Blood, Extension to Latent Prints NIJ FY 11 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies for Criminal Justice Applications University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-K055 $667,388 Closed
2010 2010 SLED Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2010-DN-BX-K103 $1,399,617 Closed
2010 Evaluation of Statistical Measures for Fiber Comparisons:Interlaboratory Studies and Forensic Databases NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2010-DN-BX-K220 $489,049 Closed
2010 FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Richland County Sheriff's Department NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Richland County Government SC 2010-DN-BX-K074 $113,950 Closed
2010 Validation of Forensic Characterization and Chemical Identification of Dyes Extracted from Millimeter-length Fibers NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2010-DN-BX-K245 $451,336 Closed
2009 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction-SLED NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program South Carolina Law Enforcement Division SC 2009-DN-BX-K101 $1,482,621 Closed
2009 Building Bridges between Police Researchers and Practitioners: Agents of Change in a Complex World NIJ FY09 Building and Enhancing Research Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2009-IJ-CX-0204 $247,665 Closed
2009 Criminal Justice Technology Information and Sensor Systems Center of Excellence NIJ FY 09 Criminal Justice Technology Information and Sensor Systems Center of Excellence South Carolina Research Authority SC 2009-IJ-CX-K113 $1,976,134 Closed
2009 Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Gendered and Contextual Effects on Adolescent Interpersonal Violence, Drug Use, and Mental Health Outcomes NIJ FY 09 ORE Data Resources Program University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2009-IJ-CX-0043 $37,179 Closed