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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: Violent crime

Number of Awards: 1,468
Total Amount Awarded: $806,555,682

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 Root Causes of Bias-based Harassment in Schools: Risk and Protective Factors across Multiple Levels of the Social Ecology Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-CK-BX-0005 $1,290,546 Past Project Period End Date
2020 SCA Follow-up Study: A Longitudinal Study of 2009 Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Program Participants NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2020-MU-MU-0014 $1,699,867 Open
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
2020 Understanding the potential for Multidisciplinary Threat Assessment Teams to prevent terrorism: Conducting a formative evaluation of the MassBay Threat Assessment Team Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE MA 2020-ZA-CX-0002 $488,390 Closed
2020 Victims of Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Prevalence, Awareness, Dynamics, Help-seeking and Reporting Research and Evaluation of Technology-Facilitated Abuse for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 2020-R2-CX-0015 $565,964 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Violence against Teachers in the 50 Largest U.S. School Districts: Predictors, Consequences, and School Responses Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TX 2020-CK-BX-0004 $579,041 Closed
2019 A Descriptive Analysis of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Children in Nebraska, Barriers to Reporting and Investigation, and Recommendations for Improving Access to Justice Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0014 $169,264 Closed
2019 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2019-R2-CX-0014 $550,610 Closed
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 Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 Closed
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
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 Cybersecurity and Safety Challenges in Autonomous Vehicles: Threats Identification and Countermeasures Development GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0001 $47,131 Closed
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 Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-R2-CX-0052 $150,000 Closed
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 Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 RAND CORPORATION, THE CA 2019-V3-GX-0002 $496,739 Closed
2019 Exploring the Social Networks of Homegrown Violent Extremist (HVE) Military Veterans Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 2019-ZA-CX-0002 $1,670,395 Closed
2019 Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE PA 2019-V3-GX-0003 $678,752 Closed
2019 Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2017-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed