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Awards Listing

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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On October 15, 2020 the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will transition to the Justice Grants System (JustGrants) for all grants management activities and to the Department of Treasury's Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) system for grants payments.  Learn more about this transition on Justice Grants Website.

As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects; forensic laboratory enhancement activities; and fellowship programs.

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State: DC,
City: Washington

Number of Awards: 187
Total Amount Awarded: $78,747,880

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 ASEBP Program in Applied Criminology and Crime Management NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019 American Society of Evidence Based Policing DC 2019-75-CX-0007 $500,000 Open
2019 Funding to Support the Host Organization for the Independent Review Committee Authorized by the First Step Act NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2019 Hudson Institute DC 2019-75-CX-0002 $1,500,000 Open
2019 NIJ Research Assistantship Program NIJ FY19 Continuations Howard University DC 2019-75-CX-0001 $75,000 Open
2019 Probabilistic Genotyping for Microhaplotypes Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 The George Washington University DC 2019-DU-BX-0023 $192,764 Open
2019 The District of Columbia's State Administering Agency, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants, will collaborate with the Department of Forensic Science and the Office of the Chief Medical Examin Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA, FY 2019 Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants DC 2019-CD-BX-0053 $272,275 Open
2019 Third Party Policing: A Randomized Field Trial to Assess Drug Crime Reduction and Police-Hotel Partnerships in Anne Arundel County, MD Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 Police Executive Research Forum DC 2019-R2-CX-0026 $597,452 Open
2018 An Object-Centric Approach for Image Analysis to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications The George Washington University DC 2018-75-CX-0038 $1,005,852 Open
2018 Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2015-MU-MU-K002 $500,000 Closed
2018 Cognitive Behavioral Mentoring: Investigation of Research-Informed Enhancements to Program Practices Legacy OJJDP Research Grants American Institutes for Research DC 2016-JU-FX-0001 $249,995 Open
2018 Combating the Use of Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities: A Multisite Technical Assessment and Evaluation of Interdiction Technologies NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications Urban Institute DC 2018-75-CX-K005 $999,841 Open
2018 Evaluation of Using Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorders in a Correctional Setting NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections Urban Institute DC 2018-75-CX-0022 $648,227 Open
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2018-DN-BX-0046 $444,052 Open
2018 Initiative To Develop and Test Guidelines for Juvenile Drug Courts Legacy OJJDP Research Grants American Institutes for Research DC 2014-DC-BX-K001 $5,988,057 Open
2018 Phased Evaluation of VictimConnect: An OVC-Funded, Technology-Based National Resource Center NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research Urban Institute DC 2018-V3-GX-0003 $600,000 Open
2018 Research-Based Practice Guide to Address Gang Violence Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2018-PB-FX-K002 $749,956 Open
2018 The District of Columbia's State Administering Agency, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants, will collaborate with the Department of Forensic Science and the Office of the Chief Medical Examin NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants DC 2018-CD-BX-0027 $271,960 Open
2018 What Constitutes Success? Evaluating Legal Services for Victims of Crime NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research Justice Research and Statistics Association DC 2018-ZD-CX-0005 $694,288 Open
2017 Cocooning and Procedural Justice Dialectics: A Clustered Randomized Field Trial to Assess Crime Reduction and Citizen Perspectives Using Two Evidence-Based Programs In Prince George's County, MD NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction) Police Executive Research Forum DC 2017-R2-CX-0023 $855,800 Open
2017 Evaluation of in-prison programming for incarcerated women: Addressing trauma and prior victimization NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Urban Institute DC 2017-VF-GX-0014 $749,534 Open
2017 Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Urban Institute DC 2017-VF-GX-0004 $679,988 Open
2017 FY 2017 District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY17 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences DC 2017-DN-BX-0106 $326,092 Open
2017 FY 2017 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants NIJ FY17 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Formula) Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants DC 2017-CD-BX-0018 $108,332 Open
2017 Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Justice Research and Statistics Association DC 2017-MU-CX-0005 $597,532 Open
2017 Massively parallel sequencing of 89 microhaplotypes for the selection of an operational and effective subset for forensic applications. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2017-DN-BX-0164 $492,892 Open
2017 The Use of Gas Chromatography with Tandem Ultra Violet and Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Emerging Drugs. Application to Synthetic Cathinones and Fentanyl Analogs. NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The George Washington University DC 2017-R2-CX-0028 $275,221 Closed