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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.
Description

Number of Awards: 7,465
Total Amount Awarded: $3,953,006,672

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 A Combined Molecular Analysis of Pollen Utilizing Lipid Profiling & DNA Barcoding for Plant Species Identification: A Forensic Application NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-01571-RESS $120,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A Comparative Evaluation of the MinION and MiSeq Sequencing Platforms for the Analysis of Human Hand Microbial Profiles for Forensic Investigations. NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-03842-SLFO $487,790 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A Comprehensive Evaluation and Error Rate Assessment of Field Colorimetric Testing for Seized Drugs NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-24-GG-03851-SLFO $499,902 Open
2024 A Focused Deterrence Program for Juveniles with Firearm Offenses: a Randomized Controlled Trial and Process Evaluation NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-03092-MUMU $1,255,241 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A Multi-District Analysis of School Safety in School Districts Awarded STOP School Violence Grants in Fiscal Years 2018–2023 NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-24-GK-01051-STOP $933,524 Open
2024 A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-24-GG-01578-RESS $180,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A National Review of Multidisciplinary Teams addressing Child Sexual Exploitation NIJ FY24 Research on Multidisciplinary Teams UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 15PNIJ-24-GG-01653-MUMU $1,499,977 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A Statewide Assessment of the Impact of Virtual Check-Ins for Community Supervision NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Corrections RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-24-GG-01083-FSAX $1,157,850 Open
2024 A Study of a Statewide Safe Firearms Storage Message Campaign in Texas Schools NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence and Mass Shootings WESTED CA 15PNIJ-24-GG-02407-STOP $846,618 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 A Universal Method for the Detection of Gunshot Residue using Vibrational Spectroscopy NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-24-GG-03857-NIJB $556,572 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Advancing New Psychoactive Substance Detection by Performance Comparison of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-01569-RESS $119,881 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Age estimation from epigenetic features of hair DNA NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 15PNIJ-24-GG-03843-SLFO $640,358 Open
2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships 2024-25 NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 15PNIJ-24-GG-01170-RESS $315,000 Open
2024 An Evaluation of Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Training: A Multi-Method Approach to Measuring Effectiveness NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-24-GG-02575-RESS $1,001,561 Open
2024 Assessing the Implementation and Impact of Restorative Practices within a Multicomponent School Safety Approach NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-24-GG-01055-STOP $1,083,944 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Assessing Transgender Hate Crime Victimization and LGBTQ Liaison Unit Response NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-24-GG-01915-RESS $694,620 Open
2024 Attribution of tire marks via their elemental profile NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-24-GG-03849-NIJB $299,344 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Bail, Bias and Bargaining: Investigating Racial Dynamics in Plea Negotiations across Local Court Communities NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Prosecution Practice, Justice, Case Tracking, and Workforce UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-24-GG-01796-RESS $699,257 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Best Practices for Forensic Laboratories Adopting Probabilistic Genotyping Systems NIJ FY24 Invited to Apply – Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program NOBLIS, INC. VA 15PNIJ-24-GG-03877-NIJB $500,000 Open
2024 Black Box Evaluation of Hand Detail Image Comparisons NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NOBLIS, INC. VA 15PNIJ-24-GG-03846-NIJB $746,866 Open
2024 Building the Capacity of Community-Facing Agencies to Implement Evidence-Based Practices NIJ FY24 Evaluating Strategies to Advance the Implementation of Evidence-Based Policies and Practices THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-24-GG-02871-NIJB $365,675 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 Characterizing and Preventing Domestic Terrorism: A Mixed-Methods Study of Five Far-Right Terrorist Groups DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 2020-ZA-CX-0003 $127,590 Open
2024 Child-Friendly Visits in Jail NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-24-GG-01570-RESS $119,999 Open
2024 Collaborative Strategies in Safeguarding Children: A Community-Centric Approach to Overdose Response NIJ FY24 Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Opioid Overdoses OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 15PNIJ-24-GG-00752-MUMU $985,527 Open
2024 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-23-GK-00931-NIJB $3,150,000 Open