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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: PA,
City: PHILADELPHIA

Number of Awards: 64
Total Amount Awarded: $30,967,441

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB $730,834 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 We Met Them Where They Are, But Is It Enough? A Qualitative Examination Of A Co-Response Outreach Program Servicing Vulnerable Populations in Philadelphia NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01930-RESS $136,485 Open
2021 An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS $520,040 Open
2021 Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021 DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS $846,480 Open
2020 Police Organizational Stress: Impacts on Long-term Health and Wellness and Opportunities for Mitigation Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0004 $785,851 Declined
2019 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2019-R2-CX-0009 $50,000 Closed
2019 Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE PA 2019-V3-GX-0003 $678,752 Closed
2018 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY18 Continuations TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,999 Closed
2018 Evaluation of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: Long-Term Outcomes and Sustained Impact Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-JF-FX-0055 $750,000 Closed
2017 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,994 Closed
2017 Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-CK-BX-0001 $1,081,046 Closed
2017 PBIS in Challenging Contexts: Evaluating a Replicable Implementation Approach in Philadelphia NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PA 2017-CK-BX-0016 $2,999,912 Closed
2017 Quantifying Gang Locations: A systematic test of validity using a partial test of Messick''s Unified Perspective NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-IJ-CX-0014 $31,998 Closed
2017 Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work, Community Perceptions and Community Health: A Multi-Method Assessment NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0011 $552,589 Closed
2016 Applying Promising Evidence to New Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of Summer Jobs in Philadelphia New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2016-R2-CX-0049 $147,210 Closed
2016 The Victim-Offender Overlap: Examining Police and Service System Networks of Response among Violent Conflicts Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2016-V3-GX-0009 $579,558 Closed
2015 Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning From Criminal Justice System Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review of Process in Philadelphia NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2015-R2-CX-K040 $351,052 Open
2015 Suspension Practices in the Context of PBIS: Implications for K-8 Students in the School District of Philadelphia NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2015-CK-BX-0013 $883,519 Closed
2015 The Philadelphia Police Department, Office of Forensic Science, Criminalistics Unit Reduction of Forensic Biology and DNA Case Backlog Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2015-DN-BX-0033 $966,068 Closed
2014 Cops on Dots Doing What? The Differential Effects of Law Enforcement-Oriented Actions in Hot Spots NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 Closed
2014 Policing predicted crime areas: An operationally-realistic randomized, controlled field experiment NIJ FY 14 Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-R2-CX-0002 $425,512 Closed
2014 Space-time study of youth and school violence NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PA 2014-CK-BX-0008 $3,082,625 Closed
2013 Evidence-Based Treatment and Responsivity: Individual and Program Predictors of Recidivism During Juvenile Drug Court and Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2013-IJ-CX-0008 $25,000 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA Backlog Reaction Reduction Program - City of Philadelphia NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2013-DN-BX-0114 $1,069,271 Closed
2013 Measuring Success in Focused Deterrence NIJ FY 13 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Parterships TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2013-IJ-CX-0056 $298,264 Closed