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: 50
Total Amount Awarded: $11,889,578

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	Identifying the Feasibility and Acceptability of Conducting Longitudinal Outcome Evaluation Research with Adult Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Their Perceptions of a Comprehensive Service Model	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-00994-NONF	$600,000	Closed
2021	Incidence of ideologically influenced threatening and violent activity in rural communities	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-02722-DOMR	$772,955	Open
2021	Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-21-GG-03633-MUMU	$1,000,000	Closed
2020	Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-MU-MU-4096	$380,405	Open
2019	Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-75-CX-0017	$443,931	Closed
2019	Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-R2-CX-0048	$146,805	Closed
2019	Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2016-R2-CX-0023	$50,000	Closed
2018	Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism	NIJ FY18 Continuations	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2016-R2-CX-0023	$50,000	Closed
2017	The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2017-IJ-CX-0025	$698,382	Closed
2016	Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2016-R2-CX-0023	$50,000	Closed
2016	The Influence of Subjective and Objective Rural School Security on Law Enforcement Engagement Models: A Mixed Methods Study	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2016-CK-BX-0019	$645,952	Closed
2015	Nebraska State Patrol - Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program - FY15	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	State of Nebraska	NE	2015-CD-BX-0035	$63,705	Closed
2015	State of Nebraska - DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	State of Nebraska	NE	2015-DN-BX-0102	$276,018	Closed
2014	Nebraska State Patrol - Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2014-CD-BX-0052	$63,029	Closed
2014	Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Probationer Decision Making: A Social Cognitive Model	NIJ FY 14 Research on Offender Decision Making and Desistance from Crime	Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2014-MU-CX-0006	$641,614	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reducation Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2013-DN-BX-0016	$325,649	Closed
2013	FY2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2013-CD-BX-0023	$58,186	Closed
2012	FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2012-DN-BX-0003	$324,535	Closed
2012	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2012-CD-BX-0057	$63,517	Closed
2011	"FY2011 DNA Backlog Reduction Program" - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2011-DN-BX-K496	$353,073	Closed
2011	Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol	NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln	NE	2010-DE-BX-K001	$200,000	Closed
2011	Paul Coverdell FY11 Forensic Science Improvement Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2011-CD-BX-0035	$166,108	Closed
2010	Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2010-DN-BX-K231	$483,323	Closed
2010	Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol	NIJ FY 10 Geospatial Technology	Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln	NE	2010-DE-BX-K001	$294,516	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Nebraska State Patrol	NIJ FY 10 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Nebraska State Patrol	NE	2010-DN-BX-K140	$52,500	Closed