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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Number of Awards: 66
Total Amount Awarded: $37,026,896

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	Jury Deliberations of Child Witnesses with Autism Spectrum Disorder	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO	TX	15PNIJ-24-GG-01572-RESS	$180,000	Open
2023	Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	15PNIJ-23-GG-04211-SLFO	$604,409	Open
2020	Forensic tool to identify fall characteristics in infant skull fracture	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	2020-75-CX-0014	$557,607	Open
2020	Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	2020-75-CX-0012	$530,242	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-DU-BX-0029	$636,419	Closed
2019	Differentiating Abuse from Accident in Young Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Biomechanical Assessment of Fracture Risk	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-R2-CX-0038	$142,957	Past Project Period End Date
2019	Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program	Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019	RAND CORPORATION, THE	CA	2019-V3-GX-0002	$496,739	Closed
2019	Expanding the Knowledge Base about Child Advocacy Centers	Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	NE	2019-V3-GX-0007	$566,261	Closed
2019	Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	2019-VT-BX-0038	$664,690	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	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	ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services	NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2018-ZD-CX-0004	$485,244	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
2018	Maltreatment and Delinquency Associations across Development: Assessing Difference Among Historically Understudied Groups and Potential Protective Factors	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Child Trends Incorporated	MD	2016-MU-MU-0064	$75,000	Closed
2018	Oklahoma Multi-Site Family Drug Court Model Standards Study (OKMSS)	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES	OK	2018-DC-BX-0007	$1,000,000	Open
2018	Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NEW YORK, CITY OF	NY	2018-DU-BX-0204	$450,243	Closed
2018	Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	George Mason University	VA	2016-MU-MU-0065	$74,998	Closed
2017	Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2017-DN-BX-0158	$599,878	Closed
2017	Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-NE-BX-0001	$368,512	Closed
2017	Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE	MI	2017-DN-BX-0166	$576,060	Closed
2017	Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	2017-DN-BX-0145	$598,632	Closed
2016	Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-DN-BX-0147	$449,437	Closed
2016	Children Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods	New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2016-R2-CX-0050	$149,857	Closed
2016	Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE	NM	2016-DN-BX-0144	$702,654	Closed