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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Number of Awards: 58
Total Amount Awarded: $26,106,283

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Does Training Police Officers In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Improve Use Of Force Outcomes? An Experimental Evaluation With Systematic Social Observation in the Colorado Springs Police Department	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	15PNIJ-24-GG-02567-RESS	$1,325,889	Open
2024	Infusing Evidence into Police Reform: Field Initiated Action Research with the Louisville Metro Police Department	NIJ FY24 Field-Initiated Action Research Partnerships	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	OH	15PNIJ-24-GG-05460-NIJB	$403,512	Open
2024	Lead by Example: The Effects of Police Supervisors on Officer Behavior	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA	AZ	15PNIJ-24-GG-01582-RESS	$39,499	Open
2023	911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding	NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB	$500,000	Open
2023	A randomized controlled trial of Co-response for Mental Health Calls for Service to the Police in Fort Collins, CO	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives	UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING	WY	15PNIJ-23-GG-05502-RESS	$649,464	Open
2023	A Randomized Controlled Trial of the HeartMath Resilience Program: Exploring the Impact of Stress on Jail Staff Performance and Retention	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-02231-NIJB	$498,491	Open
2023	Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate	THE CNA CORPORATION	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX	$874,312	Open
2023	Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	15PNIJ-23-GG-05490-RESS	$862,804	Open
2022	A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of an Enhanced Field Training Officer Program: An Analysis of Administrative Outcomes and Community Interactions	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing	THE CNA CORPORATION	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03138-RESS	$978,449	Open
2022	Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	NIJ FY22 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System: A Study of Existing Evidence and Public Policy Implications	ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	AZ	15PNIJ-22-GG-01426-NIJB	$796,008	Open
2022	Evaluation of Harris Center Crisis Call Diversion Program	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Diversion and Restorative Justice	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-22-GG-03575-RESS	$862,371	Open
2022	Police Use of Force Assessment, Evaluation and Analysis	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program	PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY GOVERNMENT	VA	15PNIJ-22-GK-00245-BRND	$250,000	Past Project Period End Date
2021	An Evaluation of De-Escalation Training to Understand the Links between Training and Outcomes	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	CLEMSON UNIVERSITY	SC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02719-RESS	$892,951	Open
2020	Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	2020-R2-CX-0033	$60,065	Closed
2020	Adverse Impacts of Organizational Stress on Officer Health and Wellness: Causes, Correlates, and Mitigation	Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020	NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE	VA	2020-R2-CX-0005	$832,000	Open
2020	Building the Evidence Base on De-escalation Training for Law Enforcement: A Multi-Agency Randomized Control Trial	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020	CINCINNATI UNIV OF	OH	2020-R2-CX-0026	$599,255	Open
2020	Partners in Crisis: Improving Police Response to Individuals in Moments of Crisis by Providing Service Alternatives	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	2020-R2-CX-0012	$385,434	Closed
2019	The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	CINCINNATI UNIV OF	OH	2019-R2-CX-0065	$323,263	Closed
2017	Improving officer decision-making: Can personality predict outcomes in use of force decisions?	NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE	NC	2017-R2-CX-0030	$432,159	Closed
2017	Officers' and Community Members' Evaluations of Police-Civilian Interactions	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Research Foundation CUNY o/b/o John Jay College	NY	2017-IJ-CX-0013	$31,980	Closed
2016	An Evaluation of a Social Interaction Training Program to Reduce the Use of Force and BuildLegitimacy	Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing	University of South Carolina	SC	2016-IJ-CX-0018	$799,454	Closed
2015	Building a Science of Adult Cranial Fracture	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2015-DN-BX-K013	$564,875	Closed
2015	Testing and Evaluating Body Worn Video Technology in the Los Angeles Police Department	NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Los Angeles Police Foundation	CA	2014-R2-CX-0101	$938,700	Closed
2015	Young Adults in Jails	NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2015-IJ-CX-0012	$500,407	Closed
2014	Testing and Evaluating Body Worn Video Technology in the Los Angeles Police Department	NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	Los Angeles Police Foundation	CA	2014-R2-CX-0101	$1,061,300	Closed