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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.

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.

You may browse the table below and use filter options to view awards by award status, State, fiscal year, awardee name, city or perform a keyword search.

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Number of Awards: 55
Total Amount Awarded: $24,296,454

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2019	Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA	Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019	President and Fellows of Harvard College	MA	2019-ZA-CX-0001	$1,114,933	Open
2019	Developing, Visualization, and Reporting a Combined 2D+3D Automated Dental Biometrics Identification System for Forensic Odontology	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	Tufts University	MA	2019-R2-CX-0036	$100,000	Open
2019	Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	Northeastern University	MA	2019-R2-CX-0066	$288,615	Open
2019	Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019	Northeastern University	MA	2019-VT-BX-0038	$664,690	Open
2018	Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Boston University	MA	2018-MU-MU-0013	$462,091	Open
2018	Crime in Public Space and Online Domains: Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in Massage Businesses	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	Northeastern University	MA	2018-R2-CX-0005	$32,000	Open
2018	The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018	NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	Northeastern University	MA	2018-75-CX-0025	$498,929	Open
2017	Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Arc Bio, LLC	MA	2017-DN-BX-0140	$993,718	Open
2017	Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	Northeastern University	MA	2017-VF-GX-0005	$725,999	Open
2017	Racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injuries	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2017-IJ-CX-0018	$693,695	Open
2017	Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	2017-IJ-CX-0011	$32,000	Closed
2016	A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2016-DN-BX-0002	$47,833	Open
2016	Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2016-R2-CX-0013	$50,000	Closed
2016	Development of a New Measure of Adolescent Dating Aggression: National Norms with a Focus on Marginalized Youth	Research on Measurement of Teen Dating Violence	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2016-IJ-CX-0006	$499,988	Open
2016	Evaluation of the âPeer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremismâ Initiative	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs	President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan	MA	2016-ZA-BX-K001	$750,000	Closed
2016	The Impact of Correctional Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Well-being of Correctional Employees	Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections	Northeastern University	MA	2016-MU-MU-0010	$500,000	Open
2016	The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2016-MU-MU-0047	$610,000	Closed
2016	Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos	Research on Bias Crimes	Northeastern University	MA	2016-V3-GX-0001	$558,575	Closed
2016	Using Public Health Datasets to Analyze Legal Intervention Shootings	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan	MA	2016-R2-CX-0038	$654,910	Open
2015	Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization through Crime Reporting	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Northeastern University	MA	2015-VF-GX-0105	$462,973	Closed
2015	Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	Northeastern University	MA	2012-DN-BX-K821	$305,965	Closed
2015	Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Northeastern University	MA	2015-R2-CX-0011	$45,863	Closed
2015	Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	Northeastern University	MA	2014-MU-CX-4002	$791,846	Closed
2015	Research Assistantship Program, VAIW	NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	President and Fellows of Harvard College	MA	2015-IJ-CX-0014	$72,446	Closed
2014	Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Boston University	MA	2014-DN-BX-K021	$403,397	Closed