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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: Officer safety

Number of Awards: 106
Total Amount Awarded: $65,487,930

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 Causes of Injuries & Deaths Associated with Law Enforcement Officer Line-of-Duty Vehicular Accidents NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2011-IJ-CX-K013 $171,000 Closed
2012 Divert and Alert: Mitigating and Warning of Traffic Threats to Police Stopped Along the Roadside NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2011-IJ-CX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2014 Measuring the Effects of Correctional Officer Stress on the Well-Being of the Officer and the Prison Workplace and Developing a Practical Index of Officer Stress for Use by Correctional Agencies NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-IJ-CX-0026 $666,268 Open
2011 Recreation of Body Armor Cases NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Wayne State University MI 2011-IJ-CX-K006 $199,680 Closed
2011 NIJ Weapons & Protective Systems Technologies Center - Follow-On NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Pennsylvania State University PA 2010-IJ-CX-K005 $1,130,000 Closed
2013 A Comparison of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) Aerial and Terrestrial Methods for Accident Scene Investigation Information Collection NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Unmanned Experts, LLC NC 2013-IJ-CX-K008 $490,000 Closed
2012 Promoting Officer Integrity Through Early Engagements and Procedural Justice NIJ FY 12 Research on Policing Poice Foundation DC 2012-IJ-CX-0009 $341,469 Closed
2014 Soft Armor Effects on Core Body Temperature FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Southern California CA 2011-IJ-CX-K453 $227,009 Closed
2014 Soft Armor Non-Destructive Evaluation Test Method: Vibration Energy SignatureTest (VEST) FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Purdue University IN 2014-MU-CX-K004 $500,000 Closed
2013 Divert and Alert: Mitigating and Warning of Traffic Threats to Police Stopped Along the Roadside NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2011-IJ-CX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2010 Florida Gulf Coast Law Enforcement and Public Safety NIJ FY 10 Congressionally Directed Awards Florida Gulf Coast University FL 2009-DI-BX-K008 $200,000 Closed
2013 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries NIJ FY 13 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $307,774 Closed
2012 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program NORC IL 2012-R2-CX-K008 $399,884 Closed
2013 Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Markings, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Efficacy of Lighting, Marking, and Paint Schemes in Reducing the Incidence of Law Enforcement Vehicle Crashes Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA 2013-R2-CX-K004 $806,199 Closed
2011 ShieldRay Tripwire Detection System Development NIJ FY 11 Officer Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications AMP Research, Inc. FL 2011-MU-MU-K098 $275,334 Closed
2007 Design Optimization of Integrated Multi-Ply Armors by a Computational Tool (DO-IMPACT) NIJ FY 07 Body Armor: Invited Full Proposals Cornell University NY 2007-DE-BX-K003 $527,546 Closed
2007 Investigation of the Effects of Increased Coverage Area for Soft Body Armor NIJ FY 07 Body Armor: Invited Full Proposals Lawrence Technological University MI 2007-DE-BX-K011 $399,655 Closed
2006 CROSS FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMIC TREND MAPPING IN CORRECTIONS: Correctional Operational Trend Analysis System (COTAS) NIJ FY06 Corrections Technology Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Florida Department of Corrections FL 2006-IJ-CX-K007 $500,000 Closed
2007 ARJIS ALERT - Officer Notification and Smart Alerting System NIJ FY 07 Information-Led Policing: Invited Full Proposals ARJIS - Automated Regional Justice Information System CA 2007-RG-CX-K002 $372,000 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 Closed
2006 Officer Safety Equipment NIJ FY06 Officer Safety Equipment Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Blackhawk Industries Products Group Unlimited LLC VA 2006-IJ-CX-K039 $174,600 Closed
2006 Evaluation of Chemical and Electric Flare Systems NIJ FY06 Officer Safety Equipment Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Florida Gulf Coast University FL 2006-IJ-CX-K008 $32,015 Closed
2006 The Application of a Strobe Personnel Tracking System and its Application to Law Enforcement Officers engaged in Foot Pursuits and Perimeter Searches NIJ FY06 Officer Safety Equipment Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Florida Gulf Coast University FL 2006-IJ-CX-K009 $43,849 Closed
2016 Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness: A Multi-Level Study Research and Evaluation in Support of the Recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2016-IJ-CX-0021 $970,795 Closed
2015 Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies: Utilization, Characteristics and Costs NIJ FY 15 Research into the Use of Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies RAND Corporation CA 2015-IJ-CX-K004 $499,106 Closed