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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.
Description

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 Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries through Alternate Light: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2019-NE-BX-0008 $398,719 Closed
2019 Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0003 $955,475 Closed
2019 Macro-Level Influences on Police Decision-Making and Engagement with Victims of Serious Violent Crimes: A Narrative Case Study of Two States Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH, INC. KS 2019-V3-GX-0001 $78,783 Closed
2019 Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Research Project Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-MU-MU-0095 $657,908 Closed
2019 Mitigating the Harm of Public Mass Shootings through Situational Crime Prevention Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0007 $141,033 Closed
2019 Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-DU-BX-0021 $295,625 Closed
2019 Police Stops, Crime Prevention, and Community Reaction: A Randomized Field Experiment at Violent Crime Hot Spots Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE VA 2019-R2-CX-0025 $787,450 Open
2019 Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-R2-CX-0066 $288,615 Closed
2019 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2019 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 EVIDENT CHANGE CA 2019-R2-CX-0015 $650,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2019-ZA-CX-0003 $715,752 Past Project Period End Date
2019 The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0010 $91,097 Closed
2019 The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 CINCINNATI UNIV OF OH 2019-R2-CX-0065 $323,263 Closed
2019 The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0004 $503,129 Closed
2019 The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2019-ZA-CX-0004 $768,292 Closed
2019 Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0044 $100,000 Closed
2019 Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Closed
2018 A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2018-75-CX-0024 $289,810 Closed
2018 A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Maryland MD 2016-MU-MU-0070 $74,395 Closed
2018 A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training Legacy OJJDP Research Grants WESTED CA 2018-MC-FX-K007 $750,000 Closed
2018 A Novel, Trauma-Informed Screening Approach for Teen Dating Violence Perpetration in Racially Diverse Adolescents: A Multi-Site Study NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2018-R2-CX-0022 $249,425 Closed
2018 An Evaluation of Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Interview Training for Sexual Assault Investigators using Standardized Patient Actors: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2018-VA-CX-0003 $335,131 Closed
2018 Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-VA-CX-0005 $329,381 Closed
2018 Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2018-NE-BX-0001 $600,704 Closed
2018 Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2018-MU-MU-0013 $462,091 Closed