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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.

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO $988,559 Open
2021 Comparative Evaluation of Genotyping Technologies for Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Sexual Assault Casework Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 BODE CELLMARK FORENSICS, INC. VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04143-MUMU $437,383 Open
2021 Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP $437,665 Open
2021 Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA $357,234 Open
2021 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2018-75-CX-K006 $1,500,000 Open
2021 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium RAND CORPORATION, THE CA 2018-75-CX-K006 $1,500,000 Open
2021 Criminal Justice Requirements Resources Consortium INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE VA 2018-75-CX-K007 $300,000 Open
2021 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $3,500,000 Open
2021 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $3,500,000 Open
2021 Data fusion from infrared elemental, MSP and Raman analysis techniques to the maximization of the efficiency of the analytical sequence for the forensic examination of paint evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04163-RESS $338,823 Open
2021 Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO $406,468 Open
2021 Deep Learning to Enhance Investigative Lead Information for Automotive Clear Coats Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY OK 15PNIJ-21-GG-04182-RESS $196,373 Open
2021 Detection and identification of hair dyes directly at a crime scene by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04169-RESS $368,745 Open
2021 Developing a Culturally and Trauma-Informed Teen Dating Violence Algorithm: A Continuation of the VIP Study Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02803-MUMU $600,000 Open
2021 Domestic Terrorism: Using Psychosocial, Trauma-Related, and Life History Variables to Inform Intervention and Prevention Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02723-DOMR $592,637 Open
2021 Enhanced mixture interpretation with long-read DNA sequencing Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04159-RESS $484,798 Closed
2021 Enhancing Procedural Justness of Encounters Through Substantiation (EPJETS): The Atlantic County Randomized Controlled Trial. Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 STOCKTON UNIVERSITY NJ 15PNIJ-21-GG-02718-RESS $702,956 Open
2021 Evaluability assessment and development of psychological and behavioral health approaches to prevent terrorism and facilitate reintegration of violent extremists. Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02727-DOMR $981,026 Open
2021 Evaluating the Efficacy of the SAFeR Approach to Improving Legal Responses to IPV: A Randomized Controlled Trial Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02800-REVA $1,221,556 Open
2021 Evaluating the OHTS Tool and Assessing Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03631-MUMU $648,715 Open
2021 Evaluation of Heat Flux Profiles Through Walls in Support of Fire Model Validation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04167-RESS $335,000 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $3,000,000 Open
2021 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $3,000,000 Open
2021 Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 STONEY FORENSIC, INC VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS $330,044 Open
2021 Examining Equity in State Victim Compensation Programs: A Multilevel Analysis Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD. KY 15PNIJ-21-GG-00996-NONF $550,000 Open