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: 255
Total Amount Awarded: $134,821,892

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	School Climate Enhancement and Bullying Prevention in Southern Illinois	NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	IL	2015-CK-BX-0011	$786,409	Closed
2015	Study of the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns and electrical system Damage in Single Family Homes Incorporating Modern Construction Practices	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Underwriters Laboratories Inc.	IL	2015-DN-BX-K052	$999,081	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
2014	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2014-DN-BX-K012	$190,400	Closed
2014	Chicago Police Department Forensics Laboratory Equipment Upgrade	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-CD-BX-0027	$160,325	Closed
2014	Chicago Police Department's Predictive Policing Demonstration and Evaluation Program	FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	Chicago Police Department	IL	2011-IJ-CX-K014	$499,984	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	CPD FY2014 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes	Chicago, City of	IL	2014-R2-CX-K002	$528,957	Closed
2014	FFY14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2014-CD-BX-0032	$288,499	Closed
2014	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships and Violence (STRiV2)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$351,825	Closed
2014	Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Chicago	IL	2014-IJ-CX-0011	$29,799	Closed
2014	Underground Gun Markets in Chicago	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence	The University of Chicago	IL	2014-MU-CX-0013	$459,849	Closed
2013	2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Project - DuPage County	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	DuPage County Office of The Sheriff	IL	2013-DN-BX-0025	$296,770	Closed
2013	Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-VA-CX-0008	$662,993	Closed
2013	FFY13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-CD-BX-0005	$267,971	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Illinois State Police	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Illinois State Police	IL	2013-DN-BX-0018	$2,720,939	Closed
2013	FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory	IL	2013-DN-BX-0020	$296,770	Closed
2013	Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions	NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making	The University of Chicago	IL	2013-R2-CX-0006	$760,230	Closed
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2013	Physical Evidence, Forensic Evidence and the Prosecution of Sexual Assault	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-NE-BX-0005	$134,980	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2013	Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-ZA-BX-0008	$793,783	Closed
2012	A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Chicago, City of	IL	2012-DN-BX-K004	$499,565	Closed
2012	Advanced Research in Microspectrophotometry of Fibers: Analysis and Interpretation	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Microtrace LLC	IL	2012-DN-BX-K040	$248,069	Closed