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.

Number of Awards: 7,391
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,954,950

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team Sherrill	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team Sherrill		2021-nij-rec-ch-0009	$16,000	Closed
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team Smith	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team Smith		2021-nij-rec-ch-0006	$1,000	Closed
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team SRLLC	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team SRLLC		2021-nij-rec-ch-0004	$6,000	Closed
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team TrueFit	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team TrueFit		2021-nij-rec-ch-0025	$140,000	Closed
2021	NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team VT-ISE	Recidivism Forecasting Challenge	Team VT-ISE		2021-nij-rec-ch-0014	$5,000	Closed
2021	Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF	$590,041	Open
2021	Physics and Mathematical Models for Error Quantifications in Comparative 3D Microscopy for Physical Match Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04141-RESS	$742,590	Open
2021	Police Response to Civil Disturbances: Understanding Strengths, Challenges, and Organizational Learning through After Action Reports	Research and Evaluation on Policing Strategies for Civil Disturbances, Fiscal Year 2021	THE CNA CORPORATION	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02707-RESS	$642,315	Open
2021	Policing the Rainbow: Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences and Perceptions of Law Enforcement	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02715-RESS	$654,179	Open
2021	Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO	$240,594	Open
2021	Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS	$713,519	Open
2021	Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB	$585,726	Open
2021	Rapid DNA Crime Scene Sample Multi-Laboratory Evaluation Project	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2021	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-21-RO-0004	$475,000	Open
2021	Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff	Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS	$846,480	Open
2021	Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites	Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS	$705,856	Open
2021	Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO	$567,682	Open
2021	Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH	TX	15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO	$377,311	Open
2021	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL INC	MA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02726-DOMR	$1,126,264	Open
2021	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis of Extremism Exit	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02721-DOMR	$1,608,435	Open
2021	Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008	$25,000	Open
2021	Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending	Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021	MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY	MS	15PNIJ-21-GG-02981-TITL	$597,436	Open
2021	Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Federal Sentencing	Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02817-RESS	$49,998	Closed
2021	Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS	$600,984	Open
2021	Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics	NIJ FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Operation of the Secretariat of SC 37 under JTC 1 of ISO/IEC	AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS	$50,000	Open
2021	Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS	$837,477	Open