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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: Crime prevention

Number of Awards: 246
Total Amount Awarded: $205,708,893

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2009 Can Video Surveillance Reduce Crime? Quantifying the Size and Goegraphic Extent of CCTV's Impact NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2009-IJ-CX-0012 $486,161 Closed
2009 Forecasting Municipality Crime Counts within a Metropolitan Area NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2009-IJ-CX-0026 $497,981 Closed
2013 Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes Carnegie Mellon University PA 2013-IJ-CX-K007 $245,382 Closed
2012 Situational Factors and the Victim-Offender Overlap NIJ FY 12 Research on the Link Between Victimization and Offending The Pennsylvania State University PA 2012-R2-CX-0012 $426,181 Closed
2014 Space-time study of youth and school violence NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PA 2014-CK-BX-0008 $3,082,625 Closed
2016 Applying Promising Evidence to New Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of Summer Jobs in Philadelphia New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2016-R2-CX-0049 $147,210 Closed
2007 The Campbell Crime and Justice GroupWhat Works in Crime Prevention: Answers from Systematic Reviews NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2007-IJ-CX-0045 $84,979 Closed
2008 What Works in Crime Prevention: Reviews of the Campbell Crime and Justice Group NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2007-IJ-CX-0045 $49,841 Closed
2004 Crime Gun Risk Factors: The Impact of Dealer, Firearm, Transaction, and Buyer Characteristics on the Likelihood of Gun Use in Crime Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-IJ-CX-0030 $103,514 Closed
1997 Co-Producing Commercial Safety Services in Philadelphia Evaluation of Breaking the Cycle The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 1997-IJ-CX-0049 $280,699 Closed
2005 Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Youth Violence Situational Aspects of Crime Full Applications The Ohio State University Research Foundation PA 2005-IJ-CX-0036 $259,756 Closed
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 Closed
2014 Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Rhode Island Hospital RI 2014-MU-CX-0002 $791,846 Closed
2014 Testing Integrative Models to Improve School Safety: Positive Behavior Interventions Support and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Chesterfield County School District SC 2014-CK-BX-0012 $2,460,220 Open
2016 Nashville Longitudinal Study of Youth Safety and Wellbeing Comprehensive School Safety Initiative VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TN 2016-CK-BX-K002 $4,916,705 Closed
2013 Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making Texas State University-San Marcos TX 2013-R2-CX-0003 $377,528 Closed
2013 Learning Models for Predictive Behavioral Intent and Activity Analysis in Wide Area Video Surveillance NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of Houston TX 2009-MU-MU-K004 $215,356 Closed
2013 Elder Financial Exploitation Victimization: Indentifying Unique Risk Profiles and Factors to Enhance Detection, Prevention and Intervention NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston TX 2013-IJ-CX-0050 $387,736 Closed
2014 PSJA ISD Safe School Research Initiative NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District TX 2014-CK-BX-0015 $4,137,035 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
2005 Detecting, Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in Residential Care Facilities Research & Evaluation of Elderly Individuals, Older Women and Residents of Long Term Care Facilities Texas A and M Research Foundation TX 2005-IJ-CX-0054 $208,354 Closed
2003 Assessing the Social Structural and Ecological Context of the Relationship Between Public Order Crime and More Serious Crime
 		FY 2003 Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety: Funding for Spatial Data Analysis University of Texas At Austin Office of Sponsored Projects TX 2003-IJ-CX-0198 $57,498 Closed
2013 The Epidemiology of Crime Guns: From Legal Sale to Use in Crime NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2018 Cognitive Behavioral Mentoring: Investigation of Research-Informed Enhancements to Program Practices Legacy OJJDP Research Grants AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2016-JU-FX-0001 $249,995 Past Project Period End Date
2014 Student Threat Assessment as a Safe and Supportive Prevention Strategy NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2014-CK-BX-0004 $2,497,529 Closed