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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: PA,
District: 12

Number of Awards: 42
Total Amount Awarded: $24,530,080

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Caring Connections for Youth: Evaluation of a Countywide Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities NIJ FY23 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-02410-TITL $866,309 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2022 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 in Tampa NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS $1,392,265 Declined
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 Closed
2020 An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-DQ-BX-0004 $205,963 Past Project Period End Date
2019 mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-DU-BX-0045 $878,274 Past Project Period End Date
2019 The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0010 $91,097 Closed
2017 Assessing automated image analysis and stable isotope signatures for small arms propellant differentiation and brand identification NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0043 $404,510 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Identifying and Informing Strategies for Disrupting Drug Distribution Networks: An Application to Opiate Flows in Pennsylvania NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2017-IJ-CX-0017 $990,002 Closed
2016 High-throughput DNA Sequencing of Environmentally Insulted Latent and Partial Bloody Fingerprints After Visualization with the Nanoscale Columnar-Thin-Film Technique Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-DN-BX-0153 $397,643 Closed
2016 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy in Different Population Groups Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2016-DN-BX-0171 $295,249 Closed
2016 Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women''s Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS) Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-MU-MU-0011 $685,857 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2015 Assessing the Effects of DNA Damage on Next Generation mtDNA Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-DN-BX-K025 $654,662 Closed
2014 Adult Age Estimated From New Skeletal Traits And Enhanced Computer-Based Transition Analysis NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2014-DN-BX-K007 $501,047 Closed
2014 Measuring Rates of mtDNA Heteroplasmy and Assessing Transmission of Variants NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2014-DN-BX-K022 $438,790 Closed
2013 21st Century Corporate Financial Crime: Statistical Portrait, Executive and Firm Risk Factors, and Rich Database NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime The Pennsylvania State University PA 2013-R2-CX-0055 $583,917 Closed
2013 Data Resources Program 2013: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Community Corrections Patterns: State Level Composition of Probation and Parole, 1975-2010 NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The Pennsylvania State University PA 2013-R2-CX-0039 $40,000 Closed
2013 Latino Intimate Partner Homicide NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The Pennsylvania State University PA 2013-IJ-CX-0037 $40,000 Closed
2013 NIJ Weapons & Protective Systems Technologies Center Supplemental Funding for Award 2010-IJ-CX-K005 NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-IJ-CX-K005 $245,000 Closed
2012 Evaluability Assessments of the Circles of Support and accountability (COSA) Model NIJ FY 12 Evaluability Assessments of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) Model The Pennsylvania State University PA 2012-IJ-CX-0008 $101,430 Closed
2012 NIJ Weapons & Protective Systems Technologies Center Supplement for Award 2010-IJ-CX-K005 NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-IJ-CX-K005 $1,125,000 Closed
2012 Situational Factors and the Victim-Offender Overlap NIJ FY 12 Research on the Link Between Victimization and Offending The Pennsylvania State University PA 2012-R2-CX-0012 $426,181 Closed
2011 NIJ Weapons & Protective Systems Technologies Center - Follow-On NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-IJ-CX-K005 $1,130,000 Closed
2010 Acquisition of Fingerprint Topology using Columnar Thin Films NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Pattern and Impression Evidence The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-DN-BX-K232 $470,216 Closed
2010 Improving the Understanding and the Reliability of the Concept of "Sufficiency" in Friction ridge Examination NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-DN-BX-K267 $479,412 Closed