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	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2012	Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NIJ FY 12 Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program	NORC	IL	2012-R2-CX-K008	$399,884	Closed
2006	Innovation Diffusion Channels and Community Policing: The Impact of Institutional Forces on Organizational Practice	NIJ FY06 ORE Data Resources Program	Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees	IL	2007-IJ-CX-0003	$22,650	Closed
2007	Enabling Initial Computer Investigation by Non-Expert Enforcement Personnel	NIJ FY 07 Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Recovery: Invited Full Proposals	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2007-DN-BX-K186	$320,458	Closed
2012	Countermeasure Mechanisms and Ecological Validity of P300-Based Concealed Information Tests	NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Northwestern University	IL	2012-IJ-CX-0022	$25,000	Closed
2011	Illinois' Statewide Crime Lab Improvement Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2011-CD-BX-0003	$791,358	Closed
2007	"Finding Victims of Human Trafficking"	NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review	National Opinion Research Center (NORC)	IL	2007-VT-BX-0001	$293,198	Closed
2014	Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey for Teen Relationships and Violence (STRiV2)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	National Opinion Research Center	IL	2014-VA-CX-0065	$351,825	Closed
2014	Underground Gun Markets in Chicago	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence	The University of Chicago	IL	2014-MU-CX-0013	$459,849	Closed
2013	2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Project - DuPage County	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	DuPage County Office of The Sheriff	IL	2013-DN-BX-0025	$296,770	Closed
2011	Elder Abuse Computerized Decision Support System	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	Chestnut Health Systems	IL	2011-IJ-CX-0014	$731,748	Closed
2014	Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Chicago	IL	2014-IJ-CX-0011	$29,799	Closed
2011	DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN COMPENDIUM OF MICROCRYSTAL TESTS FOR ILLICIT DRUGS AND DIVERTED PHARMACEUTICALS	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	McCrone Research Institute	IL	2011-DN-BX-K528	$199,712	Closed
2012	Out of home placement location and juvenile delinquency: the investigation of neighborhood impact on child welfare population''s juvenile justice involvement	NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana	IL	2012-IJ-CX-0027	$25,000	Closed
2012	A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.	NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	Chicago, City of	IL	2012-DN-BX-K004	$499,565	Closed
2018	Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	2016-JU-FX-0002	$248,918	Closed
2014	Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Cadre Research Labs, LLC	IL	2014-DN-BX-K012	$190,400	Closed
2012	Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of Community Reformsfrom Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations	NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data	Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	IL	2012-R2-CX-0022	$20,818	Closed
2009	Development of an Automated Holographic Optical Trapping Method for Rape Kit Analysis	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	Arryx, Inc	IL	2009-DN-BX-K260	$362,800	Closed
2011	A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence	NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization	NORC at the University of Chicago	IL	2011-WG-BX-0020	$899,908	Closed
2011	FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory	IL	2011-DN-BX-K495	$349,561	Closed
2010	Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness	NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	The University of Chicago	IL	2010-IJ-CX-0033	$440,437	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
2006	An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago	NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions	Chicago Police Department	IL	2006-IJ-CX-0023	$250,000	Closed
2009	FY 2009 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - DuPage County Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	DuPage County Office of The Sheriff	IL	2009-DN-BX-K137	$284,612	Closed