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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
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
2014 Substance Abuse Treatment as a Mechanism to Reduce Drug Abuse and Crime NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0015 $39,996 Closed
2014 The Effects of Increased Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs to Children and Adolescents on Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Violence: Empirical Analysis Using State-Level Panel Data NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of New Haven CT 2014-R2-CX-0003 $38,274 Closed
2014 The prosecution of child sexual abuse: A partnership to improve outcomes NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2014-MU-MU-0001 $498,333 Closed
2014 Use of Research Evidence within Domestic Violence-Serving Organizations NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014 University of Washington WA 2014-IJ-CX-0032 $78,602 Closed
2014 Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction WI 2014-CK-BX-0011 $858,187 Closed
2014 Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cold Case Review Team NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2014-DN-BX-K083 $90,000 Closed
2013 A Brief Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Dating Aggression Perpetration NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2013-VA-CX-0001 $741,630 Closed
2013 A Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-0015 $249,957 Closed
2013 Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Radicalization Across Three Offender Types with Implications for Criminal Justice Training and Education NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0002 $530,298 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 Closed
2013 Delivery of a Microfluidic Acoustic Sperm Cell Trapping Prototype for Rapid Processing of Sexual Assault Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2013-NE-BX-K027 $199,744 Closed
2013 Developing DNA Friendly Fluorogenic Methods for Detecting, Enhancing and Preserving Bloody and Proteinaceous Impression Evidence NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Madonna University MI 2013-DN-BX-K026 $247,377 Closed
2013 Disrupting Illegal Gun Transfers NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence RAND Corporation CA 2013-R2-CX-0016 $399,370 Closed
2013 Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2013-VA-CX-0008 $662,993 Closed
2013 Enhancing Knowledge of Dispute-Related Violence NIJ FY 13 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship on Race, Gender, Culture and Crime FY 2013 Rochester Institute of Technology NY 2013-IJ-CX-0021 $99,727 Closed
2013 Ethnocultural influences on women''s experiences of and responses to intimate partner abuse NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence California State University Fullerton CA 2013-MU-CX-0038 $925,190 Closed
2013 Evaluate a Novel Fluorescent Dye to Detect Ano-genital Injury in Women of Color NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2013-NE-BX-0004 $253,561 Closed
2013 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY 13 Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstrative Initiative YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,899,856 Closed
2013 Evidence, Sexual Assaults, and Case Outcomes: Understanding the Role of Sexual Assault Kits, Non-Forensic Evidence, and Case Characteristics NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science Urban Institute DC 2013-NE-BX-0007 $499,956 Closed
2013 Exploratory Research into the Intersection of Forced Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Urban Institute DC 2013-VA-CX-0033 $256,730 Closed
2013 Exploratory Research on the Impact of the Growing Oil Industry in North Dakota and Montana on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking NIJ FY 13 Exploratory Research on the Impact of the Growing Oil Industry in the Dakotas and Montana on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking University of North Dakota ND 2013-ZD-CX-0072 $498,418 Closed
2013 Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of Southern California CA 2013-IJ-CX-0025 $518,327 Closed
2013 Identifying the Factors Necessary for Successful DNA Profiling from Spent Cartridge Casings NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2013-DN-BX-K039 $209,398 Closed
2013 Intimate Partner Violence and Custody Decisions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outcomes from Family Court, Shuttle Mediation, or Videoconferencing Mediation NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Trustees of Indiana University IN 2013-VA-CX-0044 $763,686 Closed