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: 82
Total Amount Awarded: $61,823,443

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO	$141,921	Open
2022	Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS	$623,965	Open
2022	Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Investigating the Effects of Body Mass and Decomposition Sequence on Fire Burn Speed and Patterns and the Development of Performance Standards	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-22-GG-04408-SLFO	$1,087,985	Open
2022	Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of a Family Justice Center	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime	DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC	MD	15PNIJ-22-GG-03292-NONF	$499,500	Open
2022	Fostering Diversity in a Police Agency, From Bottom to Top	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing	THE JOHN F FINN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INC	NY	15PNIJ-22-GG-03141-RESS	$790,298	Open
2022	Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding Support for the Operations of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES	DC	15PNIJ-22-GK-00032-NIJB	$250,000	Past Project Period End Date
2022	Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	MA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO	$139,905	Open
2022	Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-22-AG-00266-NIJB	$278,976	Open
2022	How Do “Credible Messenger” Mentors Promote Youth Development? A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston	NIJ FY22 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-22-GG-01423-MENT	$651,522	Open
2022	Human Trafficking Project	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program	SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-22-GK-00246-BRND	$1,187,000	Open
2022	Identifying the Scope and Context of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in New Mexico and Improving MMIP Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	15PNIJ-22-GG-01625-REVA	$249,382	Open
2022	Impact and Outcomes of School Threat Assessment	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03143-MUMU	$999,177	Open
2022	Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU	$485,938	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
2022	Improving Hate Crime Reporting among LGBTQ+ Populations	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-22-GG-00998-RESS	$997,360	Open
2022	Improving Outcomes for Child Sex Trafficking Victims, Phase 2: A Rigorous Outcome Evaluation of Love146’s Long-Term Services (LTS) Program	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	15PNIJ-22-GG-03291-NONF	$1,244,466	Open
2022	Improving Strategies for Investigating & Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A National Yet Local Approach	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-01000-RESS	$994,787	Open
2022	Integrated Law Enforcement and Mental Health Responses in Tucson: An Impact and Cost Benefit Analysis	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Diversion and Restorative Justice	MDRC	NY	15PNIJ-22-GG-03580-RESS	$999,345	Open
2022	Investigating Impulsivity as a Root Cause of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03140-RESS	$499,872	Open
2022	Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns in Support of Developing Data-driven Tools for Pattern Analysis	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-22-GG-04442-RESS	$531,257	Open
2022	Ionic liquid-solvated near infrared dyes for detection of trace blood spatter in textiles under ambient lighting conditions	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI	MS	15PNIJ-22-GG-04427-RESS	$431,907	Open
2022	Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	VALENTI, DENISE A	MA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS	$595,000	Open
2022	Measuring rarity of combined features in palm versus finger impressions and evaluating examiner perceptions	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-22-GG-04404-SLFO	$489,524	Open
2022	Mitogenome Sequencing of 10,000 Population Samples Using a Highly Accurate, Single-Molecule Approach	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04395-DNAX	$771,418	Open
2022	Monitoring Child Maltreatment in YSO	NIJ FY22 Research on Monitoring Child Maltreatment in Youth Serving Organizations	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	15PNIJ-22-GK-05002-MUMU	$1,497,815	Open