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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Number of Awards: 457
Total Amount Awarded: $295,122,942

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2017	Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0024	$196,415	Closed
2017	Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs Year 5 Continuation	NIJ FY17 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	RAND Corporation	CA	2013-MU-CX-K003	$1,000,000	Closed
2017	Kinematic Validation of FDE Determinations about Writership in Questioned Handprinting and Handwriting	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	CA	2017-DN-BX-0148	$464,910	Closed
2017	Optimization and Statistical Testing of Experimental and Computer Methodologies for Evaluation of the LIT-MIA Thermal Imaging Method for Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY	ID	2017-DN-BX-0173	$199,688	Closed
2017	Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	2017-IJ-CX-0011	$32,000	Closed
2017	Testing the Accuracy and Reliability of Palmar Friction Ridge Comparisons: A Black Box Study	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2017-DN-BX-0170	$370,454	Closed
2017	The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE	TN	2017-IJ-CX-0007	$49,898	Closed
2017	The Racial Effects of Prison Reform	NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	CA	2017-IJ-CX-0033	$500,000	Closed
2017	Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2017-DN-BX-0171	$591,895	Closed
2016	A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study of School Violence and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Root Causes and Consequences of and Implications for Restorative Justice Approaches	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	RMC RESEARCH CORPORATION	NH	2016-CK-BX-0014	$499,863	Closed
2016	A proposal to operative the Justice Technology Information Center (JTIC). Continuation of award 2014-IJ-CX-K004	Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Lockheed Martin Corporation	MD	2014-IJ-CX-K004	$4,550,000	Closed
2016	Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0182	$204,725	Closed
2016	An Investigation of School Resource and Safety Programs Policy and Practice in Virginia	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY	VA	2016-CK-BX-0021	$689,416	Closed
2016	Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	2016-DN-BX-0150	$139,233	Closed
2016	Children Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods	New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2016-R2-CX-0050	$149,857	Closed
2016	Development of a White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Individuals	Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2016	Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs Year 4	Office of Science and Technology Continuations	RAND Corporation	CA	2013-MU-CX-K003	$1,499,995	Closed
2016	Mapping Decisions Points from School Based Incidents to Exclusionary Discipline, Arrest and Referral to the Juvenile Justice System	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges	NV	2016-CK-BX-0018	$240,000	Closed
2016	Nashville Longitudinal Study of Youth Safety and Wellbeing	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY	TN	2016-CK-BX-K002	$4,916,705	Closed
2016	The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disparities in Correctional Dispositions: Examining How Risk Assessment & Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Affects Sentencing Decisions of Adjudicated Juveniles	W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime	University of Cincinnati	OH	2016-R2-CX-0045	$134,762	Closed
2016	The Intergenerational Consequences of Incarceration	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Northwestern University	IL	2016-R2-CX-0022	$32,000	Closed
2016	Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos	Research on Bias Crimes	Northeastern University	MA	2016-V3-GX-0001	$558,575	Closed
2015	2015 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy	IA	2015-CD-BX-0031	$73,856	Closed
2015	2015 Montgomery County, MD FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Montgomery County	MD	2015-DN-BX-0007	$101,010	Closed