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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: PA

Number of Awards: 235
Total Amount Awarded: $115,553,650

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2022 Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU $485,938 Open
2022 Mitogenome Sequencing of 10,000 Population Samples Using a Highly Accurate, Single-Molecule Approach NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04395-DNAX $771,418 Open
2022 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $200,000 Open
2022 What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS $1,392,265 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2021 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ FY17 ABCD Sub-Study on Social Development UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $1,999,128 Open
2021 An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS $520,040 Open
2021 Reducing School Violence and Enhancing School Safety: Implementing and Evaluating the Positive School Safety Program for School Climate Staff Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2021 DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02978-RESS $846,480 Open
2020 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $2,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 Past Project Period End Date
2020 An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-DQ-BX-0004 $205,963 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Assessment of the Contribution to Drug Impaired Driving from Emerging and Undertested Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0009 $478,783 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Comparative Assessment of Emerging Technologies for Body Fluid Identification Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0015 $501,115 Open
2020 Police Organizational Stress: Impacts on Long-term Health and Wellness and Opportunities for Mitigation Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0004 $785,851 Declined
2020 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $555,401 Open
2019 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ FY19 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $515,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Gang Membership: Utilizing Latent Class Analysis to Understand the Relationship Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2019-R2-CX-0009 $50,000 Closed
2019 Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE PA 2019-V3-GX-0003 $678,752 Closed
2019 Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2019-DU-BX-0020 $412,100 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Illegal Immigration, Immigration Enforcement Policies, and American Citizens’ Victimization Risk Research on Immigration and Crime, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0057 $673,685 Open
2019 mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-DU-BX-0045 $878,274 Past Project Period End Date
2019 The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2019-R2-CX-0010 $91,097 Closed
2018 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY18 Continuations TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,999 Closed
2018 ABCD Social Development (ABCD-SD) NIJ FY18 Continuations UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE PA 2017-MU-CX-0044 $2,026,992 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2018-75-CX-0039 $299,529 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Evaluation of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: Long-Term Outcomes and Sustained Impact Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DREXEL UNIVERSITY PA 2017-JF-FX-0055 $750,000 Closed