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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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Subtopic: Violent crime

Number of Awards: 625
Total Amount Awarded: $336,568,481

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 The Prevalence and Nature of Intra- and Inter-group Violence In an Era of Social and Demographic Change NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Arkansas AR 2015-R2-CX-0046 $39,895 Closed
2015 Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-VF-GX-K031 $1,500,000 Closed
2015 When does Rejection Trigger Aggression? A Multi-method Examination of the Multimotive Model NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Mississippi State University of Agriculture &Applied Science MS 2015-CK-BX-0004 $1,619,644 Closed
2014 A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2014-ZA-BX-0002 $639,736 Closed
2014 A Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Columbus County Schools LEA, NC NC 2014-CK-BX-0104 $1,499,019 Open
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 An Assessment of Extremist Groups Use of Web Forums, Social Media, and Technology to Enculturate and Radicalize Individuals to Violence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Michigan State University MI 2014-ZA-BX-0004 $585,719 Closed
2014 An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 2014-IJ-CX-0028 $491,154 Closed
2014 Anne Arundel County - Solving Cold Cases with DNA Review and Analysis NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anne Arundel County, Maryland MD 2014-DN-BX-K071 $143,539 Closed
2014 Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2014-DN-BX-K021 $403,397 Closed
2014 Chicago Public Schools's Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR) Program to use social media monitoring to identify and connect youth to behavioral interventions. NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Board of Education City of Chicago IL 2014-CK-BX-0002 $2,197,178 Closed
2014 Comprehensive Assessment of School Climate to Improve Safety in Maryland Middle Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2014-CK-BX-0005 $3,616,205 Closed
2014 Cops on Dots Doing What? The Differential Effects of Law Enforcement-Oriented Actions in Hot Spots NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 Closed
2014 CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection -- Division of Scientific Services and the CT Division of Criminal Justice 2014 DNA Project NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA CT Division of Criminal Justice CT 2014-DN-BX-K080 $269,973 Closed
2014 Development of a brief elder abuse and neglect screener for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2014-MU-CX-0102 $369,039 Closed
2014 Diverse Long-term Effects of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Development of Externalizing Behaviors NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Regents of the Univ. of CO/Univ. of CO Colorado Spring CO 2014-IJ-CX-0013 $39,994 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 Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2014-ZA-BX-0003 $620,545 Open
2014 Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in Increasing School Safety for Urban Low-Income Middle Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-CK-BX-0009 $2,660,933 Closed
2014 Factors Promoting Risk or Resilience Among Polyvictimized Youth in the Juvenile Justice System NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence University of Utah UT 2014-R2-CX-0020 $816,031 Closed
2014 Family Instability and Exposure to Violence in Childhood and Adolescence NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The University of Texas at Austin TX 2014-IJ-CX-0025 $39,517 Closed
2014 Finding the Region of Origin of Bloodspatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2014-DN-BX-K036 $719,015 Closed
2014 Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time: A Comprehensive Data Collection Effort NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The Ohio State University OH 2014-R2-CX-0004 $39,992 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 FY 2014 NIJ DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program NIJ FY 14 DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program Mississippi Department of Public Safety MS 2014-DN-BX-0127 $425,000 Closed