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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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State: NE

Number of Awards: 63
Total Amount Awarded: $15,919,759

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2006 The Operation and Structure of Right-Wing Extremist Groups NIJ FY06 ORE Terrorism Board of Regents of the Univ of NE, Univ of NE at Omaha NE 2006-IJ-CX-0027 $144,140 Closed
2016 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2017 The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2017-IJ-CX-0025 $698,382 Closed
2018 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism NIJ FY18 Continuations BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2019 Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-75-CX-0017 $443,931 Closed
2019 Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-R2-CX-0048 $146,805 Closed
2020 Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2019-MU-MU-4096 $380,405 Open
2021 Identifying the Feasibility and Acceptability of Conducting Longitudinal Outcome Evaluation Research with Adult Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Their Perceptions of a Comprehensive Service Model Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 15PNIJ-21-GG-00994-NONF $600,000 Closed
2021 Incidence of ideologically influenced threatening and violent activity in rural communities Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 15PNIJ-21-GG-02722-DOMR $772,955 Open
2021 Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 15PNIJ-21-GG-03633-MUMU $1,000,000 Closed
2019 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2009 Developing a high throughput protocol for using soil molecular biology as trace evidence NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ if Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2009-DN-BX-K199 $142,475 Closed
2008 Reducing Courts' Failure to Appear Rate: A Procedural Justice Approach NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2008-IJ-CX-0022 $197,507 Closed
2014 Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Probationer Decision Making: A Social Cognitive Model NIJ FY 14 Research on Offender Decision Making and Desistance from Crime Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2014-MU-CX-0006 $641,614 Closed
2016 The Influence of Subjective and Objective Rural School Security on Law Enforcement Engagement Models: A Mixed Methods Study Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2016-CK-BX-0019 $645,952 Closed
2011 Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln NE 2010-DE-BX-K001 $200,000 Closed
2010 Evaluation of location-based services for police: GPS-enabled cell phones and laptops for applications of law enforcement patrol NIJ FY 10 Geospatial Technology Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - Lincoln NE 2010-DE-BX-K001 $294,516 Closed
2010 Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2010-DN-BX-K231 $483,323 Closed
2011 City of Omaha - Omaha Police DepartmentPaul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants ProgramOmaha Crime Lab Enhancement Program NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Omaha NE 2011-CD-BX-0086 $83,141 Closed
2015 FY2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grans Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Omaha NE 2015-CD-BX-0005 $165,981 Closed
2007 City of Omaha - Omaha Police Department2007 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Project NIJ FY 07 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Omaha NE 2007-CD-BX-0021 $94,950 Closed
2014 City of Omaha, Nebraska - Omaha Police DepartmentFY2014 NIJ Solving Cold Cases With DNAOmaha Cold Case Squad Intensive Case Review and DNA Analysis Program NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Ciy of Omaha, Nebraska NE 2014-DN-BX-K085 $269,846 Closed
2005 The Douglas County Nebraska Forensic Science Improvement Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Douglas County NE 2005-DN-BX-0013 $91,810 Closed
2003 Paul Coverdell national Forensic Sciences Improvement Act FY 2003 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grants (FY 2003 Formula Grant Program) Nebraska Commission Cn Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice NE 2003-DN-BX-0095 $29,805 Closed
2003 Nebraska FY2002 Forensic Science Improvement Act I National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice NE 2003-DN-BX-0031 $29,178 Closed