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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Number of Awards: 99
Total Amount Awarded: $66,918,101

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	The Implications of Early Justice System Involvement for the Transition to Adulthood: Expansion and Analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study	Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY	NJ	15PNIJ-21-GG-00094-MUMU	$1,000,000	Open
2020	Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	2020-75-CX-0004	$369,412	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020	TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	TX	2020-75-CX-0009	$435,020	Closed
2020	Police Investigations of Gun Offenses: Understanding and Enhancing Performance	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2020	THE JOHN F FINN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INC	NY	2020-R2-CX-0011	$619,648	Open
2019	Delinquent and Criminal Behaviors of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Children of Former Juvenile Offenders	Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, FY 2019	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	2020-MU-MU-0001	$999,906	Open
2019	Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods	Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2019-75-CX-0008	$2,997,410	Open
2019	Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2019-R2-CX-0003	$955,475	Closed
2019	Mitigating the Harm of Public Mass Shootings through Situational Crime Prevention	Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	NY	2019-R2-CX-0007	$141,033	Closed
2019	Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	2019-R2-CX-0066	$288,615	Closed
2019	The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	CINCINNATI UNIV OF	OH	2019-R2-CX-0065	$323,263	Past Project Period End Date
2019	The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	NY	2019-R2-CX-0004	$503,129	Closed
2019	Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY	WV	2019-R2-CX-0044	$100,000	Closed
2019	Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2019-R2-CX-0035	$150,000	Closed
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
2018	Firearm Purchase Behavior and Subsequent Adverse Events	NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	2018-75-CX-0026	$922,109	Closed
2018	Mass Shooter Database	NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	MN	2018-75-CX-0023	$300,403	Closed
2018	Pathways to School Shootings: An Integrated Developmental and Life Course Criminological Approach	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	Michigan State University	MI	2018-R2-CX-0002	$32,000	Closed
2018	Research-Based Practice Guide to Address Gang Violence	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	2018-PB-FX-K002	$749,956	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
2017	Firearm involvement of parents and their adolescent children: A prospective intergenerational study of high-risk youth	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0019	$749,976	Closed
2017	Preventing Firearm Violence: An Evaluation of Urban Blight Removal in High Risk Communities	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	2017-IJ-CX-0021	$669,964	Closed
2017	Racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injuries	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	MA	2017-IJ-CX-0018	$693,695	Closed
2017	Understanding Socio-Environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	2017-IJ-CX-0020	$749,999	Closed
2016	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Participatory Peace Circles in New York City Schools	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC.	NY	2016-CK-BX-0023	$4,181,239	Closed
2016	Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0183	$93,561	Closed