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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
2016 Planning a Family-Focused Approach to Prevent Elder Mistreatment Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project: Planning Phase University of Southern California CA 2016-ZD-CX-K008 $400,000 Closed
2019 Exploring the Social Networks of Homegrown Violent Extremist (HVE) Military Veterans Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 2019-ZA-CX-0002 $1,670,395 Past Project Period End Date
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
2014 Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Identity: Modeling Life Course Transitions and Desistance NIJ FY 14 Research on Offender Decision Making and Desistance from Crime University of Washington WA 2014-R2-CX-0018 $507,942 Closed
2018 Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2018-VA-CX-0001 $1,027,123 Open
2012 Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area: Documenting the Value of Cross-Agency and Cross-Jurisdictional Data Integration NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime Urban Institute DC 2012-R2-CX-0001 $689,507 Closed
2015 Evaluating Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT) to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Reduction Urban Institute DC 2015-R2-CX-K147 $622,432 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Use and Impact of Video Analytics to Enhance Law Enforcement Surveillance Systems NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes Urban Institute DC 2015-R2-CX-K002 $1,199,947 Closed
2016 Nashville Longitudinal Study of Youth Safety and Wellbeing Comprehensive School Safety Initiative VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TN 2016-CK-BX-K002 $4,916,705 Closed
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
2015 Developing Empirically-Driven Public Corruption Prevention Strategies NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on White-Collar Crime and Public Corruption Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2015-IJ-CX-0007 $412,108 Closed
2014 Integrating Improved Assessments of Financial Judgment: Conceptual and Measurement Advances NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities Wayne State University MI 2014-MU-CX-0001 $468,181 Closed
2017 Developing a Taxonomy To Understand and Measure Outcomes of Success in Community-Based Elder Mistreatment Interventions NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY NY 2017-VF-GX-0002 $499,982 Closed
2009 Increasing Student and Community Safety NIJ FY09 Building and Enhancing Research Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2009-IJ-CX-0205 $157,388 Closed
2006 Outcome Evaluation of Tribes Learning Communities NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs WestEd CA 2006-JP-FX-0059 $658,303 Closed
2020 An Evaluation of a Statewide Approach to the Prevention and Intervention of Violence using School Threat Assessment Teams Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTED CA 2020-MU-MU-0011 $852,868 Open
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
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
2016 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,996 Closed
2015 Supplement to the Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative to provide funding to support three comparison sites. NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Yale University CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,199,975 Open
2017 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY17 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,225,000 Closed