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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.

This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Sex offenses

Number of Awards: 638
Total Amount Awarded: $261,932,431

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Population and Subgroup Differences in the Prevalence and Predictors of Campus Sexual Assault to Inform Preventive Interventions Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MI 2020-VA-CX-0004 $254,196 Closed
2020 The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2020-R2-CX-0038 $1,557,676 Open
2019 Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2019-NE-BX-0002 $250,636 Closed
2019 Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model) Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE UTAH UT 2019-NE-BX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2019 Bio-inspired Material-integrated Beads for Differential Extraction of Sperm in Forensic Applications Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY CA 2019-NE-BX-0003 $499,545 Closed
2019 Campus Sexual Assault Responses (CSAR): Informing Trauma-Informed Policies, Protocols, and Training Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VA-CX-K001 $999,999 Closed
2019 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $50,000 Closed
2019 Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2019-NE-BX-0004 $175,791 Closed
2019 Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-MU-MU-0095 $657,908 Closed
2019 Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-DU-BX-0021 $295,625 Closed
2019 The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0010 $91,097 Closed
2018 An Evaluation of Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Interview Training for Sexual Assault Investigators using Standardized Patient Actors: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2018-VA-CX-0003 $335,131 Closed
2018 Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-NE-BX-0001 $600,704 Closed
2018 Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2018-MU-MU-0013 $462,091 Closed
2018 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC IN 2017-IJ-CX-0003 $50,000 Closed
2018 Characterization and Quantification of Microbial Degradation of Sexual Lubricants NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2016-DN-BX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2018 Characterization of Personal and Condom Lubricants using DART-TOFMS and Comprehensive GC-MS NIJ FY18 Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2016-DN-BX-0004 $50,000 Closed
2018 Classification Procedure for Lubricant Stains and Samples Collected from Sexual Assaults NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-MU-BX-0002 $354,195 Closed
2018 ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2018-ZD-CX-0004 $485,244 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Web-Based Crisis Hotline for Sexual Assault Victims: Decreasing Barriers, Increasing Help-Seeking, and Improving the Help-Seeking Experience NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2018-ZD-CX-0003 $351,975 Closed
2018 Evaluation of Reentry-Based Restorative Justice: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2019-RY-BX-0002 $799,988 Open
2018 Maltreatment and Delinquency Associations across Development: Assessing Difference Among Historically Understudied Groups and Potential Protective Factors Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Child Trends Incorporated MD 2016-MU-MU-0064 $75,000 Closed
2018 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research, Housing and Shelter Models for Victims of Crime NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research WESTAT, INC. MD 2018-MU-MU-0011 $497,335 Closed
2018 Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis Legacy OJJDP Research Grants George Mason University VA 2016-MU-MU-0065 $74,998 Closed
2018 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment NIJ FY18 Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2017-IJ-CX-0010 $43,039 Closed