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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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Subtopic: Gangs

Number of Awards: 43
Total Amount Awarded: $25,037,433

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2014 Mapping Transnational Gang Activity FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-0028 $79,982 Closed
2014 Reducing Gang Violence A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy NIJ FY 14 Research on Gangs and Gang Violence University of Maryland MD 2014-R2-CX-0001 $472,906 Closed
2014 Underground Gun Markets in Chicago NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence The University of Chicago IL 2014-MU-CX-0013 $459,849 Closed
2013 Assessing the Transnational Criminal Capacity of MS-13 in the U.S. and El Salvador NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism American University DC 2013-R2-CX-0048 $671,615 Closed
2013 Social Networks and Organized Crime NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 2013-IJ-CX-0013 $24,990 Closed
2012 Sex Trafficking and Gangs in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region Area NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons University of San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-0028 $398,824 Closed
2012 Understanding Pathways to and away from Violent Radicalization among Resettled Somali Refugees NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2012-ZA-BX-0004 $593,894 Closed
2011 A Multi-method, Multi-site Study of Gang Desistance NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Crime Control and Prevention: Desistance from Gangs and Gang Related Crime Curators of The University of Missouri On Behalf of The University of Missouri St. Louis MO 2011-MU-MU-0027 $501,337 Closed
2011 Chicago Police Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Phase 2 NIJ FY 11 Predictive Policing: Phase II Chicago Police Department IL 2011-IJ-CX-K014 $1,500,000 Closed
2011 Moving Forward on Gang Prevention: Knowledge and Application NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations University of Southern California CA 2008-IJ-CX-0016 $37,936 Closed
2011 The long-term consequences of gang membership NIJ FY 11 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2011-JP-FX-0101 $25,000 Closed
2009 An Evaluation of a Global Positioning System for Monitoring High-Risk Gang Offenders NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC. MD 2009-SQ-B9-K018 $398,884 Closed
2008 Moving Forward on Gang Prevention: Knowledge and Application NIJ FY08 ORE Research on Crime Prevention and Control: Focus on Gangs University of Southern California CA 2008-IJ-CX-0016 $399,882 Closed
2007 Evaluating the Impact of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Initiative NIJ FY 07 ORE Police and Public Safety Michigan State University MI 2007-IJ-CX-0035 $427,152 Closed
2006 An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions Chicago Police Department IL 2006-IJ-CX-0023 $250,000 Closed
2006 Process and Outcome Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. Process and Outcome Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf UMSL MO 2006-JV-FX-0011 $2,497,585 Closed
2005 Evaluation of the Chicago Project for Violence PreventionA Proposal by Northwestern University Evaluation of OJJDP's Discretionary Funds Project Northwestern University IL 2005-MU-MU-0033 $999,662 Closed
2001 National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Noblis Inc. VA 2001-LT-BX-K002 $997,796 Closed