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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.

Number of Awards: 7,469
Total Amount Awarded: $3,953,941,280

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003 $1,450,809 Open
2022 Campus Climate and Sexual Violence Experiences of Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, INC. GA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01621-NIJB $1,195,618 Open
2022 Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 15PNIJ-22-GG-01420-RESS $1,029,558 Open
2022 Comparative Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing STR kits with the Emphasis on Mixture Deconvolution Utilizing Probabilistic Genotyping. NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories NEW YORK CITY OFF OF CHEIF MED EXAM NY 15PNIJ-22-GG-03560-SLFO $297,292 Open
2022 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2018-75-CX-K006 $1,250,000 Open
2022 Criminal Justice Requirements Resources Consortium INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE VA 2018-75-CX-K007 $300,000 Open
2022 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $2,900,000 Open
2022 DENTAGE: A multi-component subadult dental age estimation method NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04433-RESS $567,920 Open
2022 Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS $170,834 Open
2022 DNA Typing Strategies for Identification of Human Remains via Real-Time Nanopore Sequencing NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-22-GG-04414-MUMU $650,390 Open
2022 Embedding Social Work into a Police Department in the South: Understanding the Impact and Cultural Shift of Implementing a Problem-Oriented, Collaborative Policing Model NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AR 15PNIJ-22-GG-03144-RESS $246,214 Open
2022 Enhanced Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Database Functionality for Improved Casework and Research. NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO $289,496 Open
2022 Evaluation of a Community-focused Violence Intervention and Prevention Program NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GK-03016-CVIP $637,685 Open
2022 Evaluation of Harris Center Crisis Call Diversion Program NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Diversion and Restorative Justice RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-03575-RESS $862,371 Open
2022 Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP) NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 15PNIJ-22-GK-03017-CVIP $785,819 Open
2022 Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program STONEY FORENSIC, INC VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS $640,293 Open
2022 Examining Models of Law Enforcement Crime Information Centers for Sustained Organizational Change NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Policing THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03142-RESS $709,851 Open
2022 Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS $877,000 Open
2022 Expanding and validating microbiome database for estimating the postmortem interval NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 15PNIJ-22-GG-04402-MUMU $834,503 Open
2022 Exploring mentor practices using data from OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program NIJ FY22 Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-01425-MENT $200,285 Open
2022 FIRE DEBRIS INTERPRETATION USING QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN MEDIUM RANGE IGNITABLE LIQUIDS AND THE USE OF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TO DEMONSTRATE DATA SUFFICIENCY NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-03577-SLFO $141,921 Open
2022 First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System, Fiscal Year 2022 Dr. Grant Duwe GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA3 $97,500 Open
2022 First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System, Fiscal Year 2022 Dr. Zachary Hamilton GS-00F-219CA DJO-NIJ-16-G-0127 FSA4 $82,875 Open
2022 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2022 Footwear Databasing to Support Forensic Intelligence NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-22-GG-04429-RESS $623,965 Open