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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: Human trafficking

Number of Awards: 98
Total Amount Awarded: $52,696,721

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Trends and New Directions in the Law Enforcement Response to the Sex Trafficking of Minors: A Nationally Representative Study Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Sex Trafficking of Minors, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2020-MU-CX-0041 $991,015 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Understanding the Physical and Psychological Health and Wellness Needs of Minor Sex Trafficking Victims Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2020-VT-BX-0111 $985,786 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Understanding What Works in the Successful Identification, Investigation, and Prosecution of Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2020-75-CX-0010 $583,465 Closed
2019 Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 Georgia Tech Research Corporation GA 2019-R2-CX-0042 $86,428 Closed
2019 Evaluability Assessment of a Metropolitan Network Service Delivery Model to Connect Trafficked Persons with a Full Range of Victim Services Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VT-BX-0036 $294,221 Closed
2019 Grooming Traffickers: Investigating the Techniques and Mechanisms for Seducing and Coercing New Traffickers Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 2019-R2-CX-0067 $499,796 Closed
2019 Improving Identification, Prevalence Estimation, and Earlier Intervention for Victims of Labor and Sex Trafficking Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 2019-VT-BX-0037 $499,483 Closed
2019 Northwest Indian Community Development Center- Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019 TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE CA 2019-75-CX-0016 $105,000 Closed
2019 Partnering to Enhance Services for Survivors: An Evaluability Assessment and Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon's Anti-Trafficking Program Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2019-VT-BX-0039 $390,522 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Trends in Arrests and Investigative Techniques of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes: The 4th National Juvenile Online Victimization Study National Survey of Internet- and Technology-Facilitated Child Exploitation, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2020-MU-CX-K002 $994,844 Open
2019 Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-VT-BX-0038 $664,690 Closed
2018 An Object-Centric Approach for Image Analysis to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 2018-75-CX-0038 $1,005,852 Closed
2018 Combating Human Trafficking Using Structural Information in Online Review Sites NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP GA 2018-75-CX-0031 $361,069 Closed
2018 Crime in Public Space and Online Domains: Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in Massage Businesses NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-R2-CX-0005 $32,000 Closed
2018 Evaluation of Safe Harbor Laws and Their Impact on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC. MD 2014-JF-FX-0002 $499,977 Closed
2018 Identify, Respond, Prevent: Addressing Human Trafficking among Juvenile Justice- and Child Welfare-Involved Youth NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-MU-MU-0033 $689,381 Closed
2018 Legal Responses to Human Trafficking:Evaluability Assessments and Future Evaluation Designs NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK NY 2018-VT-BX-0002 $428,073 Closed
2018 Pathfinder: Evaluating Services to Native American Victims of Sex Trafficking NIJ FY18 Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C. VA 2018-VT-BX-0001 $103,662 Closed
2017 An Exploratory Study of Labor Trafficking Among U.S. Citizen Victims NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2017-VT-BX-0002 $873,508 Closed
2017 Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0004 $679,988 Closed
2017 Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ASSOCIATION, INC. DC 2017-MU-CX-0005 $597,532 Closed
2016 Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking Among Homeless and Runaway Youth Age 14-25 in Metro Atlanta Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. GA 2016-MU-MU-0002 $499,905 Closed
2016 Measuring Outcomes in Services to Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking: Instrument Development and Testing Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2016-VT-BX-0001 $464,515 Closed
2016 Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc. DC 2016-IJ-CX-0005 $460,000 Closed
2016 Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Community-Based Participatory Needs Assessments with AI/AN Communities Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Urban Institute DC 2016-VT-BX-K001 $275,580 Closed