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: 145
Total Amount Awarded: $82,450,594

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2017	Can Jury Instructions Have an Impact on Trial Outcomes	NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE	CA	2017-IJ-CX-0044	$489,085	Closed
2017	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	OH	2017-DN-BX-0168	$975,401	Closed
2017	Hate Crimes in Miami-Dade County: Improving Awareness, Service Delivery, Reporting, Investigation, and Prosecution	NIJ FY17 Research on Hate Crimes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0031	$499,597	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
2016	Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc.	DC	2016-IJ-CX-0005	$460,000	Closed
2015	"FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program" - Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Hamilton County	OH	2015-DN-BX-0093	$164,327	Closed
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Florida Department of Law Enforcement	FL	2015-CD-BX-0048	$467,279	Closed
2015	Enhancement of the Forensic Biology Lab of the York County Sheriff's Office	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of York	SC	2015-DN-BX-0100	$100,000	Closed
2015	Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases	NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	2015-R2-CX-0041	$39,823	Closed
2015	FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Fort Worth	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Fort Worth	TX	2015-DN-BX-0038	$87,759	Closed
2015	FY 2015 City of Phoenix Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program.	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Phoenix Police Department	AZ	2015-DN-BX-0122	$451,749	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	NV	2015-DN-BX-0112	$598,279	Closed
2015	FY 2015 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2015-DN-BX-0009	$519,795	Closed
2015	FY15 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Board of Police Commissioners	MO	2015-DN-BX-0061	$406,533	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Alaska Dept of Public Safety	AK	2015-DN-BX-0087	$265,365	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Oregon State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Oregon State Police	OR	2015-DN-BX-0120	$562,745	Closed
2015	FY2015 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City and County of Honolulu	HI	2015-DN-BX-0078	$199,136	Closed
2015	Impression Evidence Backlog Reduction	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Idaho State Police	ID	2015-CD-BX-0043	$63,705	Closed
2015	Investigating the Impacts of Institutional and Contextual Factors on Protection Order Decision-Making	NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2015-IJ-CX-0013	$369,928	Open
2015	Maryland's Forensic Science Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2015-CD-BX-0054	$314,430	Closed
2015	NYS 2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services	NY	2015-CD-BX-0049	$469,628	Closed
2014	CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection -- Division of Scientific Services and the CT Division of Criminal Justice 2014 DNA Project	NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA	CT Division of Criminal Justice	CT	2014-DN-BX-K080	$269,973	Closed
2014	Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Abt Associates Inc.	MA	2014-R2-CX-0006	$492,113	Closed
2014	The prosecution of child sexual abuse: A partnership to improve outcomes	NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships	University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	2014-MU-MU-0001	$498,333	Closed
2013	An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community	NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	2013-VW-CX-0001	$294,317	Closed