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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
2019 Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0044 $100,000 Closed
2019 Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-NE-BX-0005 $169,628 Closed
2019 Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Closed
2019 What You Can't Buy, Can't Kill You Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM AL 2019-R2-CX-0019 $641,016 Closed
2018 A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2018-75-CX-0024 $289,810 Closed
2018 A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY OF FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES WITH THE APPLICATION OF ACE-V METHODOLOGY NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0174 $176,490 Closed
2018 A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NY 2018-DU-BX-0202 $431,917 Closed
2018 A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Maryland MD 2016-MU-MU-0070 $74,395 Closed
2018 A Longitudinal Study of Police Prestige, Job Satisfaction, Resilience and Stress through the Officer Safety and Wellness Platform (OSAW-B) NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2018-R2-CX-0026 $1,135,179 Closed
2018 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY18 Continuations Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $49,832 Open
2018 A Micro and Macro-Level Assessment of Juvenile Justice Placement Reform in Ohio Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Cincinnati OH 2015-JF-FX-0064 $247,090 Closed
2018 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY18 Continuations TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,999 Closed
2018 A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training Legacy OJJDP Research Grants WESTED CA 2018-MC-FX-K007 $750,000 Closed
2018 A New Analytical Technique to Identify Surface Treatments of a Single Fiber NIJ FY18 Continuations GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DC 2017-R2-CX-0007 $50,000 Closed
2018 A Novel, Trauma-Informed Screening Approach for Teen Dating Violence Perpetration in Racially Diverse Adolescents: A Multi-Site Study NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2018-R2-CX-0022 $249,425 Closed
2018 A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resol NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0168 $448,063 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
2018 A Process Evaluation of the Continuum of Services Model in Virginia's Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 2017-JF-FX-0062 $749,995 Past Project Period End Date
2018 A Study on the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Inmate Misconduct in the Loudoun County, VA Adult Detention Center NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections THE CNA CORPORATION VA 2018-75-CX-0019 $714,164 Closed
2018 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $2,026,992 Open
2018 American Association for the Advancement of ScienceScience & Technology Policy Fellowships NIJ FY18 Continuations AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2016-R2-CX-0025 $248,409 Closed
2018 An Ecological Model of Risk and Protection for Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Involvement Among Maltreated Youth: A Longitudinal Study Legacy OJJDP Research Grants COLORADO SEMINARY CO 2017-JF-FX-0050 $124,652 Closed
2018 An Evaluation of Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Interview Training for Sexual Assault Investigators using Standardized Patient Actors: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2018-VA-CX-0003 $335,131 Closed
2018 An Object-Centric Approach for Image Analysis to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 2018-75-CX-0038 $1,005,852 Closed
2018 Analysis and Characterization of Smokeless Powders and Smokeless Powder Residues NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-R2-CX-0008 $150,000 Closed