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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.
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State: MD

Number of Awards: 341
Total Amount Awarded: $248,377,068

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 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 Improving Fire Pattern Analysis Using Non-Invasive Sensor Technologies NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes JENSEN HUGHES INC MD 15PNIJ-24-GG-03845-RESS $630,560 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024 The Development of a Peer Advocacy Intervention for Survivors whose Partners are in Relationship Violence Intervention Programs. NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY MD 15PNIJ-24-GG-00986-REVA $838,966 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 An Evaluability Assessment of the Not In Our Town Hate and Bias Action Teams Model NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-05492-MUMU $686,997 Open
2023 Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System-The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01942-RESS $25,655 Past Project Period End Date
2023 NIJ FY23 National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults NIJ FY23 National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults WESTAT, INC. MD 15PNIJ-23-GK-02236-MUMU $1,000,000 Open
2023 Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01932-RESS $166,500 Open
2023 The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01384-DOMR $762,553 Open
2023 Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Advance Transformative Credible Messenger Mentoring for Justice-Involved Youth of Color NIJ FY23 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-04237-MENT $899,929 Open
2022 Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 15PNIJ-22-GG-01420-RESS $1,029,558 Open
2022 Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of a Family Justice Center NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 15PNIJ-22-GG-03292-NONF $499,500 Open
2022 Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns in Support of Developing Data-driven Tools for Pattern Analysis NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-22-GG-04442-RESS $531,257 Open
2021 FY 2021 MDSP - Expanding Targeted Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Capabilities for Controlled Substance Analysis Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE MD 15PNIJ-21-GG-02713-COAP $96,741 Open
2020 Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2020-75-CX-0004 $369,412 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Characterizing and Preventing Domestic Terrorism: A Mixed-Methods Study of Five Far-Right Terrorist Groups Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 2020-ZA-CX-0003 $998,599 Open
2020 Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 JENSEN HUGHES, INC. MD 2020-DQ-BX-0029 $270,000 Closed
2019 A Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of a Juvenile Corrections Executive Leadership Training Evaluation of Juvenile Corrections Executive Leadership Training, FY 2019 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC MD 2020-MU-MU-K003 $750,000 Closed
2019 Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2019-ZA-CX-0003 $715,752 Past Project Period End Date
2019 The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2019-ZA-CX-0004 $768,292 Closed
2019 Using Physician Behavioral Big Data for High Precision Fraud Prediction and Detections Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime: Health Care and Elder Fraud, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2019-R2-CX-0016 $842,768 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 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 Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE MD 2016-JF-FX-0059 $249,310 Closed
2018 Evaluation of Safe Harbor Laws and Their Impact on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC. MD 2014-JF-FX-0002 $499,977 Closed