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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: Violent crime

Number of Awards: 1,254
Total Amount Awarded: $681,964,309

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Suffolk County Forensic Analysis Improvement Program 2015 NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2015-CD-BX-0070 $95,585 Closed
2015 Supplement to the Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to provide funding to support three comparison sites. NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Yale University CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,975 Open
2015 Tennessee's FFY 2015 DBRG Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2015-DN-BX-0116 $2,162,375 Closed
2015 The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications University of Maryland MD 2012-R2-CX-4017 $63,818 Closed
2015 The Philadelphia Police Department, Office of Forensic Science, Criminalistics Unit Reduction of Forensic Biology and DNA Case Backlog Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Philadelphia PA 2015-DN-BX-0033 $966,068 Closed
2015 The Prevalence and Nature of Intra- and Inter-group Violence In an Era of Social and Demographic Change NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Arkansas AR 2015-R2-CX-0046 $39,895 Closed
2015 UMSL Comprehensive School Safety Initiative NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM MO 2015-CK-BX-0021 $1,603,690 Closed
2015 Understanding Arrest Data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana IL 2015-R2-CX-0047 $39,973 Closed
2015 Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-VF-GX-K031 $1,500,000 Closed
2015 West Virginia's FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2015-CD-BX-0051 $63,705 Closed
2015 When does Rejection Trigger Aggression? A Multi-method Examination of the Multimotive Model NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Mississippi State University of Agriculture &Applied Science MS 2015-CK-BX-0004 $1,619,644 Closed
2014 2014 Denver Cold Case Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City and County of Denver CO 2014-DN-BX-K073 $125,000 Closed
2014 A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2014-ZA-BX-0002 $639,736 Closed
2014 A Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Columbus County Schools LEA, NC NC 2014-CK-BX-0104 $1,499,019 Open
2014 Adaptation and Evaluation of Video Game to Reduce Sexual Violence on Campus NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence University of New Hampshire NH 2014-VA-CX-0012 $579,301 Closed
2014 An Assessment of Extremist Groups Use of Web Forums, Social Media, and Technology to Enculturate and Radicalize Individuals to Violence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Michigan State University MI 2014-ZA-BX-0004 $585,719 Closed
2014 An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 2014-IJ-CX-0028 $491,154 Closed
2014 Anne Arundel County - Solving Cold Cases with DNA Review and Analysis NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anne Arundel County, Maryland MD 2014-DN-BX-K071 $143,539 Closed
2014 Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2014-DN-BX-K021 $403,397 Closed
2014 Characterization of Stab/Slash Wounds FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Southern California CA 2011-DE-BX-K402 $196,469 Closed
2014 Chicago Public Schools's Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR) Program to use social media monitoring to identify and connect youth to behavioral interventions. NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Board of Education City of Chicago IL 2014-CK-BX-0002 $2,197,178 Closed
2014 City of Phoenix Police Department''s Solving Cold Cases with DNA 2014 grant program. NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Phoenix Police Department AZ 2014-DN-BX-K070 $269,987 Closed
2014 Comprehensive Assessment of School Climate to Improve Safety in Maryland Middle Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2014-CK-BX-0005 $3,616,205 Closed
2014 Cops on Dots Doing What? The Differential Effects of Law Enforcement-Oriented Actions in Hot Spots NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 Closed
2014 CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection -- Division of Scientific Services and the CT Division of Criminal Justice 2014 DNA Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA CT Division of Criminal Justice CT 2014-DN-BX-K080 $269,973 Closed