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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: Sex offenses

Number of Awards: 638
Total Amount Awarded: $261,932,431

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth's Mental Health and Substance Needs and Services: Findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program Westat, Inc. MD 2015-JF-FX-0143 $39,648 Closed
2015 Responding to sexual assault on campus: A national assessment and systematic classification of the scope and challenges for investigation and adjudication NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Investigation and Adjudication of Campus Sexual Assault Wellesley College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0009 $555,677 Closed
2015 Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons University of Kentucky Research Foundation KY 2015-MU-MU-0009 $570,150 Closed
2015 Sexual Misconduct by School Employees: Policy Implementation and Effectiveness NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Magnolia Consulting, LLC VA 2015-CK-BX-0009 $445,052 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 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
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 Supplement to Support the Thirty-Year Follow-up of the Cycle of Violence FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2011-WG-BX-0013 $155,620 Closed
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 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 Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Multi-site Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2012-IJ-CX-0052 $490,422 Closed
2014 Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth NIJ FY 14 Methodological Research to Support NIJ's Program of Research Examining Violence and Victimization of American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) Youth American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $421,104 Closed
2014 Evaluation of a Service Provision Program for Victims of Sex Trafficking NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2014-R2-CX-0005 $247,093 Closed
2014 FY 2014 Indianapolis Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Indianapolis IN 2014-DN-BX-K084 $255,869 Closed
2014 Identifying Sexual Assault Mechanisms Among Diverse Women NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of U. at Buffalo NY 2014-VA-CX-0067 $288,152 Closed
2014 Information Sharing and the Role of Sex Offender Registration and Notification NIJ FY 14 Information Sharing and Its Effect on Tracking Sex Offenders and Community Awareness: Examining a Key Function of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2014-AW-BX-K003 $1,000,000 Closed
2014 Invitation to Apply for Funding to Support the Exploratory Research into the Intersection of Forced Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Project FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Urban Institute DC 2013-VA-CX-0033 $393,046 Closed
2014 Isolation of Sperm DNA Through Protamine Capture NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes General Electric Company, GE Global Research NY 2014-DN-BX-K017 $527,902 Closed
2014 Measuring the Effects of Correctional Officer Stress on the Well-Being of the Officer and the Prison Workplace and Developing a Practical Index of Officer Stress for Use by Correctional Agencies NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-IJ-CX-0026 $666,268 Open
2014 Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Rhode Island Hospital RI 2014-MU-CX-0002 $791,846 Closed
2014 Post Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Couples NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence University of Alabama at Birmingham AL 2014-NE-BX-0009 $939,398 Closed
2014 Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victim Identification: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation NY 2014-R2-CX-0007 $242,000 Closed
2014 SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent State Appellate Defender Office MI 2014-DY-BX-K004 $337,314 Closed
2014 Salt Lake City Police Department Solving Homicide and Forcible Rape Cold Cases with DNA Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Salt Lake City Corporation UT 2014-DN-BX-K075 $270,000 Closed
2014 Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Michigan State University MI 2014-NE-BX-0006 $699,533 Closed