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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: Child abuse

Number of Awards: 64
Total Amount Awarded: $35,346,919

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Sort descending Status
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
2015 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $49,799 Closed
2018 A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Maryland MD 2016-MU-MU-0070 $74,395 Closed
2018 Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis Legacy OJJDP Research Grants George Mason University VA 2016-MU-MU-0065 $74,998 Closed
2018 Maltreatment and Delinquency Associations across Development: Assessing Difference Among Historically Understudied Groups and Potential Protective Factors Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Child Trends Incorporated MD 2016-MU-MU-0064 $75,000 Closed
2004 The Intersection of Prisons and Child Welfare: Findings from a Multi-State Collaborative Using Administrative Data Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research The Regents of The University of California CA 2004-IJ-CX-0036 $100,000 Closed
2018 An Ecological Model of Risk and Protection for Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Involvement Among Maltreated Youth: A Longitudinal Study Legacy OJJDP Research Grants COLORADO SEMINARY CO 2017-JF-FX-0050 $124,652 Closed
2019 Differentiating Abuse from Accident in Young Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Biomechanical Assessment of Fracture Risk Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2019-R2-CX-0038 $142,957 Past Project Period End Date
2016 Children Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2016-R2-CX-0050 $149,857 Closed
2014 A Supplement to Support the Thirty-Year Follow-up of the Cycle of Violence FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2011-WG-BX-0013 $155,620 Closed
2005 Victims No Longer: Research on Child Survivors of Trafficking for Sexual and Labor Exploitation Research on Trafficking in Human Beings - FY 2005 Georgetown University DC 2005-IJ-CX-0051 $175,496 Closed
2006 Do best practice interviews with child abuse victims influence case outcomes? NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research Research Foundation on behalf of Brooklyn College NY 2006-IJ-CX-0019 $176,229 Closed
2007 Laying the Foundation for Theoretical Model Development in Elder Abuse NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations The Regents of the University of California, Irvine CA 2005-IJ-CX-0048 $200,000 Closed
2009 Identifying Situational and Individual Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings: Implications for Public Safety and Primary Prevention NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2009-IJ-CX-0036 $283,652 Closed
2006 Long-Term Consequences of Delinquency: Child Maltreatment & Crime in Early Adulthood NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research New York Office of Children and Family Services NY 2006-IJ-CX-0014 $290,386 Closed
2010 An Exploratory Study of Juvenile Orders of Protection as a Remedy to Dating Violence NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking Advocates for Human Potential Inc MA 2010-MU-FX-0005 $300,009 Closed
2011 Thirty-year Follow-up of the Cycle of Violence NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2011-WG-BX-0013 $311,967 Closed
2008 Development of a Surrogate Bruising Detection System to Describe Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls NIJ FY08 Office of Research and Evaluation Congressionally Directed Awards University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2008-DD-BX-K311 $357,739 Closed
2017 Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-NE-BX-0001 $368,512 Closed
2014 Development of a Computer Simulation Model to Predict Potential Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Louisville Research Foundation KY 2014-DN-BX-K006 $377,187 Closed
2012 The Interpretation of Patterned Injuries in Medicolegal Death Investigation NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes East Carolina University NC 2012-DN-BX-K053 $377,480 Closed
2016 Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2016-DN-BX-0147 $449,437 Closed
2018 Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NEW YORK, CITY OF NY 2018-DU-BX-0204 $450,243 Closed
2006 Process Evaluation of OJJDP''s CSEC Program in Atlanta NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of OJJDP Child Sexual Exploitation Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. GA 2006-JE-FX-0006 $451,864 Closed
2018 ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TX 2018-ZD-CX-0004 $485,244 Closed