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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: Terrorism

Number of Awards: 101
Total Amount Awarded: $78,761,781

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2018-75-CX-0024 $289,810 Closed
2017 This proposed project aims to address critical knowledge gaps in the current understanding of violent extremism and radicalization among large groups online, delivering a Radicalization Index Tool. NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Valens Firm LLC GA 2017-ZA-CX-0003 $520,014 Closed
2003 The initiative proposes to create an Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) (pronounced 'ice age') at Iowa State University (previously referred to as the Cyber Protection Lab National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Iowa State University IA 2003-RD-CX-K006 $496,750 Closed
2010 Homeland Security in Small Law Enforcement Jurisdictions:Preparedness, Efficacy, and Proximity to Big-City Peers NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Policing SIU Board of Trustees IL 2010-IJ-CX-0024 $58,561 Closed
2013 Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2013-ZA-BX-0008 $793,783 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $936,571 Closed
2006 Jihad, Crime and the Internet NIJ FY06 ORE Continuations Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2006-IJ-CX-0038 $275,802 Closed
2021 Towards Understanding Deradicalization in the U.S.: A Formative Evaluation and Evaluability Assessment of Parents for Peace Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02724-DOMR $472,168 Open
2023 Domestic Terrorism Targeting America’s Political Elites NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01385-DOMR $751,254 Open
2012 Lone Wolf Terrorism in America: Using Knowledge of Radicalization Pathways to Forge Prevention Strategies NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization Indiana State University IN 2012-ZA-BX-0001 $247,263 Closed
2018 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0015 $150,000 Closed
2003 Crimes Committed by Terrorist Groups: Theory, Research CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Indiana State University IN 2003-DT-CX-0002 $133,977 Closed
2003 Impact of Terrorist Attacks on State LE & CJ Systems CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Council of State Governments KY 2003-DT-CX-0004 $281,769 Closed
1999 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Eastern Kentucky University KY 1999-DT-CX-K001 $124,619 Closed
2014 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $331,241 Closed
2012 The Role of Social Networks in the Evolution of Al Qaeda-inspired Violent Extremism in the United States, 1993-2013. NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization Brandeis University MA 2012-ZA-BX-0006 $459,969 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
2013 Evaluation of a Multi-Faceted, U.S. Community-Based Muslim-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0003 $525,020 Closed
2013 Prisoner Recollections: The Role of Internet Use and Real-Life Networks in the Early Radicalization of Islamist Terrorist Offenders NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States Brandeis University MA 2013-ZA-BX-0005 $148,941 Closed
2006 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Center For Technology Commercialization MA 2006-IJ-CX-K002 $550,000 Closed
2013 Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Radicalization Across Three Offender Types with Implications for Criminal Justice Training and Education NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0002 $530,298 Closed
2016 Evaluation of the Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism Initiative Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-ZA-BX-K001 $750,000 Closed
2018 Operation250: An Evaluation of a Primary Prevention Campaign focused on Online Safety and Risk Assessment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-ZA-CX-0002 $1,029,474 Closed
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 Closed