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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 Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2002 2002 Forensic Crime Laboratory Improvement Program Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 SC Law Enforcement Division SC 2002-LP-CX-K002 $1,750,000 Closed
2007 A Forensic Pathology Tool to Predict Pediatric Skull Fracture Patterns National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Michigan State University MI 2007-DN-BX-K196 $499,824 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
2007 A Population-Based Assessment of Elder Mistreatment in Non-Institutionalized Adults NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse Medical University of South Carolina SC 2007-WG-BX-0009 $700,780 Closed
2006 A Randomized Trial of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does it Prevent Child Maltreatment? NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs New York State Office of Children & Family Services NY 2006-MU-MU-0002 $648,056 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
2014 Advancing Molecular Diagnostics in Sudden Unexplained Deaths NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2014-DN-BX-K001 $540,178 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
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
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
2017 Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2017-DN-BX-0158 $599,878 Closed
2015 Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. KY 2015-DN-BX-K018 $533,978 Closed
2014 Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations and Parental Alienation NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence The George Washington University DC 2014-MU-CX-0859 $501,791 Closed
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
2012 Development and Validation of a New Pediatric Head Injury Assessment Tool for Possible Child Abuse Cases Considering Subject-Specific Child Head Anatomy NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2012-DN-BX-K045 $549,859 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
2019 Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2019-DU-BX-0029 $636,419 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
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
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
2015 Enhancing Molecular Autopsies through High Throughout Function Assays and Family Studies of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Variants in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-K017 $712,168 Closed
2010 Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-1674 $499,036 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
2009 Evaluation of OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking NIJ FY 09 Evaluation of OVC's FY 09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking Research Triangle Institute NC 2009-VF-GX-0206 $499,992 Closed
2018 Evaluation of Safe Harbor Laws and Their Impact on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Legacy OJJDP Research Grants DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC. MD 2014-JF-FX-0002 $499,977 Closed