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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Number of Awards: 252
Total Amount Awarded: $132,863,392

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2018	Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania	NIJ FY18 Continuations	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0008	$41,856	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	Past Project Period End Date
2018	The influence of social surroundings on juvenile and criminal justice involvement of 17-year-olds transitioning from foster care to adulthood: A longitudinal and life-course approach	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0007	$32,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$499,996	Closed
2018	Trauma Exposure, Ecological Factors, and Child Welfare Involvement as Predictors of Youth Crossover into the Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Chapin Hall Center for Children	IL	2016-MU-MU-0069	$74,997	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	A Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing in Crime Hotspots	NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction)	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-R2-CX-0017	$1,399,828	Closed
2017	Coupling Raman Spectroscopy with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry for On-site, High-Throughput Evidence Confirmation on a Single Instrumental Platform	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2017-R2-CX-0022	$298,100	Closed
2017	Development of next-generation fingermark lifters and on-the-spot visualization devices	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-DN-BX-0167	$628,327	Closed
2017	Examination of the Use of Fire Dynamics Analysis Techniques With Furniture Fueled Fires	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC	IL	2017-DN-BX-0163	$570,790	Closed
2017	Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0024	$196,415	Closed
2017	Firearm involvement of parents and their adolescent children: A prospective intergenerational study of high-risk youth	NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0019	$749,976	Closed
2017	Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City	NIJ FY17 Understanding the Impacts of Policing Strategies and Practices (Beyond Crime Reduction)	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-R2-CX-0012	$316,125	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution: Assessing victimization and perpetration sequencing and proximal determinants	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-VF-GX-0103	$452,891	Closed
2017	Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Chicago	IL	2017-MU-MU-0042	$532,286	Closed
2017	Relationship Dynamics in the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV)	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2017-MU-CX-0031	$998,574	Closed
2017	Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0008	$47,451	Closed
2017	The development of objective approach to the characterization and interpretation of paint evidence by SEM/EDS	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MICROTRACE LLC	IL	2017-IJ-CX-0027	$594,920	Closed
2017	Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2017-VA-CX-0033	$452,553	Closed
2016	A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics	Non-solicited Applications	The University of Chicago	IL	2015-DN-BX-K430	$564,735	Closed
2016	Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0182	$204,725	Closed
2016	Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2016-DN-BX-0183	$93,561	Closed
2016	Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program	Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2015-ZA-BX-0003	$149,688	Closed