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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: FL,
City: TAMPA

Number of Awards: 19
Total Amount Awarded: $9,468,701

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Expansion of University of South Florida's BRIGHT Project to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-00120-BRND $1,850,000 Open
2024 Human Trafficking Data Project NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-00121-BRND $963,000 Open
2023 What Works to Reduce Violent Gun Crime in Focused Deterrence Initiatives? Estimating the Effect of Services and Enforcement in Facilitating Desistence Among Prolific Violent Offenders NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 15PNIJ-23-GK-00844-RESS $1,392,265 Open
2022 Improve craniometric ancestry estimation with deep learning methods NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04431-RESS $306,271 Open
2020 Adapted Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model to Reduce Recidivism in an Underserved Area: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-Release and Post-Release Reentry Components Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2020-75-CX-0008 $1,218,129 Open
2020 Cross-Site Analysis and Case Study of STOP Program Grantee Perspectives on Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program Implementation Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2020-RF-CX-0001 $478,553 Closed
2019 Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2019-DU-BX-0031 $536,181 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts NIJ FY19 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2018-R2-CX-0021 $190,075 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of South Florida Board of Trustees FL 2018-DU-BX-0197 $130,242 Closed
2018 Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2018-R2-CX-0021 $248,077 Past Project Period End Date
2015 The Florida Missing and Unidentified Persons Cold Case Program NIJ FY 15 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K041 $386,537 Closed
2013 Anthropological Methods for DNA Analysis of the Missing and Unidentified Children Located at the Former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida NIJ FY 13 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing University of South Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K002 $423,528 Closed
2012 Race, Juvenile Court Processing and Case Outcomes: Fluctuation or Stability? NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of South Florida FL 2012-IJ-CX-0051 $38,167 Closed
2011 Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of South Florida FL 2011-IJ-CX-0004 $93,553 Closed
2008 Estimation of Biological Parameters for Human Identification in cases of Missing Persons, Mass Disasters, and Human Rights Violations. NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Anthropology and Odontology: Invited Full Proposals University of South Florida Board of Trustees FL 2008-DN-BX-K163 $311,115 Closed
2008 Hillsborough County Sheriff?s Office Solving Part I Violent Crime Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Hillsborough County Sheriff''s Office FL 2008-DN-BX-K204 $500,000 Closed
2006 Toxicology Laboratory Improvement Project NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation Hillsborough County FL 2006-DN-BX-0046 $95,000 Closed
2005 Florida Elder Abuse Survey Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities University of South Florida FL 2005-MU-MU-0052 $235,585 Closed
2004 Toxicology Laboratory Improvement Project.
Does not involve private persons & will not collect information identifiable to a private person. 		PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 Hillsborough County FL 2004-DN-BX-0177 $72,423 Closed