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: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $53,838,444

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2012	Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NORC	IL	2012-R2-CX-K008	$399,884	Closed
2011	Illinois' Statewide Crime Lab Improvement Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2011-CD-BX-0003	$791,358	Closed
2014	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships and Violence (STRiV2)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$351,825	Closed
2014	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2014-DN-BX-K012	$190,400	Closed
2009	Development of an Automated Holographic Optical Trapping Method for Rape Kit Analysis	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	Arryx, Inc	IL	2009-DN-BX-K260	$362,800	Closed
2011	A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	NORC at the University of Chicago	IL	2011-WG-BX-0020	$899,908	Closed
2006	An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago	NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions	Chicago Police Department	IL	2006-IJ-CX-0023	$250,000	Closed
2006	Evaluating the Implementation of a Family-Focused Prevention Program: Effectiveness of SAFEChildren	NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs	Board of Trustess of the University of Illinois	IL	2006-JP-FX-0062	$836,328	Closed
2005	FFY05 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2005-DN-BX-0080	$412,349	Closed
2014	Chicago Public Schools's Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR) Program to use social media monitoring to identify and connect youth to behavioral interventions.	NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe	Board of Education City of Chicago	IL	2014-CK-BX-0002	$2,197,178	Closed
2006	Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Elderly Individuals	NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2006-MU-MU-0004	$304,300	Closed
2012	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-DY-BX-K004	$589,638	Closed
2013	Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-ZA-BX-0008	$793,783	Closed
2011	Decision-making Factors Influencing the Wearing of Body Armor: A National Study	NIJ FY 11 Body Armor Standards Research for Criminal Justice Applications	NORC	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K056	$383,641	Closed
2009	FFY09 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2009-CD-BX-0001	$672,473	Closed
2013	FFY13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-CD-BX-0005	$267,971	Closed
2012	Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner's Electronic Data Management System	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Cook County	IL	2012-CD-BX-0027	$175,000	Closed
2009	Grant funds shall be used to to address "open" cases of violent crimes in which there exists physical evidence with a substantial potential of biological applications.	NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	City of Chicago	IL	2009-DN-BX-K194	$743,000	Closed
2011	Chicago Police Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Phase 2	NIJ FY 11 Predictive Policing: Phase II	Chicago Police Department	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K014	$1,500,000	Closed
2011	Automated Sperm Detection in forensic DNA analysis: Implications for Rape Kit Analysis	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Arryx, Inc	IL	2011-DN-BX-K562	$360,748	Closed
2010	Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2010-DY-BX-K005	$687,448	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2010	FY10 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2010-CD-BX-0015	$952,434	Closed
2018	A place-based approach to address youth-police officer interactions in crime hotspots: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2018-JX-FX-0093	$999,396	Past Project Period End Date