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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Violence against Women

Number of Awards: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $48,008,960

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Positive Adolescent Interpersonal Relationships (PAIR): A Community-Based STRiV Study NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01380-REVA $1,996,357 Open
2021 Fatal and Non-Fatal Intimate Partner and Family Violence Against Older Women: An Exploration of Age and Police Response to Inform Research, Policy and Practice Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02801-REVA $195,135 Open
2020 A nationally representative examination of the prevalence, characteristics, and consequences of statutory rape in the United States Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-VA-CX-0002 $203,939 Closed
2020 Access to Justice for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Civil Protection Orders Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2020-VA-CX-0001 $1,022,215 Open
2020 Examining the Black Box: A Formative and Evaluability Assessment of Cross-sectoral Approaches for Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2020-VA-CX-0003 $539,232 Closed
2020 Population and Subgroup Differences in the Prevalence and Predictors of Campus Sexual Assault to Inform Preventive Interventions Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MI 2020-VA-CX-0004 $254,196 Closed
2019 Campus Sexual Assault Responses (CSAR): Informing Trauma-Informed Policies, Protocols, and Training Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VA-CX-K001 $999,999 Closed
2019 Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2019-NE-BX-0008 $398,719 Closed
2019 Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-MU-MU-0095 $657,908 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 Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-VA-CX-0005 $329,381 Closed
2018 ENHANCING FOUNDATIONAL VALIDITY OF FORENSIC FINDINGS IN MEDICO-LEGAL STRANGULATION EXAMINATIONS NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2018-VA-CX-0004 $726,344 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2018-VA-CX-0001 $1,027,123 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police Signaling on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OH 2018-VA-CX-0002 $714,199 Closed
2017 #WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence KING, COUNTY OF WA 2017-VA-CX-0034 $406,079 Closed
2017 Relationship Dynamics in the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV) NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2017-MU-CX-0031 $998,574 Closed
2017 Testing and Validating Financial Measures with IPV Survivors NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY NJ 2017-VA-CX-0032 $422,570 Closed
2017 The Healthy Adolescent Relationship Trajectories Study NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE MD 2017-VA-CX-0030 $1,052,638 Closed
2017 Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2017-VA-CX-0033 $452,553 Closed
2016 FY16 Visiting Fellows Program: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women Visiting Fellows Program (original) University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2016-R2-CX-K002 $236,958 Closed
2016 Rutgers Violence Against Women Consortium Violence Against Women Research Consortium RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 2016-MU-CX-K011 $4,999,982 Closed
2015 Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among IPV Families NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence University of Washington WA 2015-VA-CX-0073 $697,120 Closed
2015 Supplement to NIJ's Violence Against Indian Women (VAIW) Visiting Executive Research Fellowship: NIJ Cooperative Agreement # 2012-PJ-BX-K001 NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations University of Alaska AK 2012-PJ-BX-K001 $65,268 Closed
2015 Supplement to the Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to provide funding to support three comparison sites. NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Yale University CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,975 Open
2014 Adaptation and Evaluation of Video Game to Reduce Sexual Violence on Campus NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence University of New Hampshire NH 2014-VA-CX-0012 $579,301 Closed