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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.

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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: 1,254
Total Amount Awarded: $681,964,309

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Firearm Purchase Behavior and Subsequent Adverse Events NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2018-75-CX-0026 $922,109 Closed
2018 Game theory applications in security? NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY NJ 2018-R2-CX-0011 $150,000 Closed
2018 Hoopa Valley Tribe and Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership NIJ FY18 Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE CA 2018-75-CX-0013 $100,000 Closed
2018 Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2017-R2-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2018 Illegal Marijuana and Drug Related Violent Crime in North Texas NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-75-CX-0005 $341,883 Closed
2018 Investigative and Prosecutorial Strategies for Mitigating Pathways to Radicalization: Creation of a Federal Terrorism Court Record Repository NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2018-ZA-CX-0003 $731,927 Closed
2018 Mass Shooter Database NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 2018-75-CX-0023 $300,403 Closed
2018 Multidimensional Vulnerabilities for Online Radicalization NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 2018-ZA-CX-0001 $750,000 Closed
2018 Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences that are Insufficient for Identification NIJ FY18 Continuations Stoney Forensic, Inc. VA 2016-R2-CX-0060 $323,407 Closed
2018 Operation250: An Evaluation of a Primary Prevention Campaign focused on Online Safety and Risk Assessment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-ZA-CX-0002 $1,029,474 Closed
2018 Pattern Classification of Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Developmental Factors Underlying Violent Outcomes in Adolescents NIJ FY18 Continuations GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 2016-R2-CX-0019 $50,000 Closed
2018 Reducing Gang Violence: A Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE MD 2018-75-CX-0027 $770,657 Closed
2018 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism NIJ FY18 Continuations BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2018 Research-Based Practice Guide to Address Gang Violence Legacy OJJDP Research Grants THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-PB-FX-K002 $749,956 Closed
2018 Restoring Promise: A randomized control trial examining the impact of innovative young adult housing on reducing violence NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2018-75-CX-0021 $750,000 Closed
2018 Solve Crime. Build Trust? Investigating Homicides and Shootings in Los Angeles NIJ FY18 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices JUSTICE AND SECURITY STRATEGIES, INC. MD 2018-75-CX-0003 $500,000 Closed
2018 The Effect of Altitude on Decomposition: Toward an Understanding of the Postmortem Interval in the Rocky Mountain Region. NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2018-R2-CX-0014 $106,701 Closed
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis Legacy OJJDP Research Grants George Mason University VA 2016-MU-MU-0065 $74,998 Closed
2018 Typing Highly Degraded DNA Using Circularized Molecules and Target Enrichment NIJ FY18 Continuations University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2017-IJ-CX-0010 $43,039 Closed
2018 Untangling the Web of Violence: The Network Effects of Civil Gang Injunctions Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSB CA 2017-JF-FX-0043 $120,208 Closed
2018 Using Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling in Assessing the Impact of Police Signaling on Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Assault Reports NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OH 2018-VA-CX-0002 $714,199 Closed
2018 Violence Exposure, Continuous Trauma, and Repeat Offending in Female and Male Serious Adolescent Offenders Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Loyola University Chicago IL 2016-MU-MU-0067 $75,000 Closed
2017 #WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence KING, COUNTY OF WA 2017-VA-CX-0034 $406,079 Closed
2017 A Confirmatory Test for Sperm in Sexual Assault Samples using a Microfluidic-Integrated Cell Phone Imaging System NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE CA 2017-NE-BX-0004 $369,224 Closed