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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Number of Awards: 511
Total Amount Awarded: $314,658,985

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	2015-R2-CX-0039	$39,997	Closed
2015	Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of Sexual Assault Kit Backlogs and their Criminal Justice Consequences	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2015-R2-CX-0040	$39,999	Closed
2015	Development and Properties of Kernel-Based Methods for the Interpretation and Presentation of Forensic Evidence	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	South Dakota State University	SD	2015-R2-CX-0028	$33,513	Closed
2015	Development of Modern Microcrystal Tests for Controlled Drugs, Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Bath Salts	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	McCrone Research Institute, Inc.	IL	2015-IJ-CX-K010	$122,428	Closed
2015	Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	West Virginia University	WV	2015-R2-CX-0010	$50,000	Closed
2015	Enhanced Capacity in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory (MCL) DNA Analysis Unit through Personnel and Supplies	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Colorado Springs	CO	2015-DN-BX-0025	$127,190	Closed
2015	Evaluating the law enforcement, prosecutor, and court response to firearm-related crimes in St. Louis	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems	Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL	MO	2015-IJ-CX-0015	$564,773	Closed
2015	Evaluation of an Intensive Truancy Reduction Program (CISDRXT) within Communities In Schools (CIS) of the Dallas Region	NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	EDVANCE RESEARCH, INC.	TX	2015-CK-BX-0015	$4,609,701	Closed
2015	Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	2015-R2-CX-0041	$39,823	Closed
2015	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence - Agreement No. 2011-DN-BX-K564	NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2011-DN-BX-K564	$3,998,826	Closed
2015	FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept	MO	2015-CD-BX-0016	$150,900	Closed
2015	FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Second Competitive Grant	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2015-CD-BX-0072	$224,835	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2015-DN-BX-0051	$974,669	Closed
2015	FY-15 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Anne Arundel County Police Department Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	MD	2015-DN-BX-0069	$132,516	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	New York State Police	NY	2015-DN-BX-0034	$950,000	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - St. Lucie County Sheriff Office (Indian River Crime Laboratory)	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office	FL	2015-DN-BX-0049	$115,395	Closed
2015	Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs	NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	RAND Corporation	CA	2013-MU-CX-K003	$1,499,980	Closed
2015	Impact of Community Treatment and Neighborhood Environment on Recidivism in Mental Health Courts	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	The Research Foundation for The State University of New York	NY	2015-IJ-CX-0005	$31,999	Closed
2015	Improving the Sexual Assault Workflow - Efficient Sample Selection and Data Interpretation	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	Sacramento, County of	CA	2015-NE-BX-K004	$148,282	Closed
2015	Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	County of Cumberland	NC	2015-CD-BX-0074	$175,000	Closed
2015	Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning From Criminal Justice System Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review of Process in Philadelphia	NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	PA	2015-R2-CX-K040	$351,052	Open
2015	Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among IPV Families	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence	University of Washington	WA	2015-VA-CX-0073	$697,120	Closed
2015	Investigating the Impacts of Institutional and Contextual Factors on Protection Order Decision-Making	NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2015-IJ-CX-0013	$369,928	Open
2015	Multi-Site Evaluations of Courts on the Frontline: Systematically Assessing Implementation and Intermediate Outcomes in Veterans Treatment Courts	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems	MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY	MO	2015-VV-BX-K020	$761,231	Closed
2015	Nevada Forensic Science Improving Quality through Education	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Nevada Department of Public Safety	NV	2015-CD-BX-0058	$66,679	Closed