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: 78
Total Amount Awarded: $41,349,190

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2013	Developing and Testing a Culturally Relevant Practice Model to Understand Financial Maltreatment of Chinese American Elders	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2013-IJ-CX-0024	$72,775	Closed
2010	Financial Exploitation of the Elderly in a Consumer Context	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of the Elderly and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University	AZ	2010-IJ-CX-0008	$393,174	Closed
2015	FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Arizona Department of Public Safety	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Arizona Department of Public Safety	AZ	2015-DN-BX-0067	$723,514	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvment Program - Orange County Sheriff	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement	County of Orange	CA	2009-DN-BX-K033	$1,499,930	Closed
2013	Identification of Risk and Preventive Factors for Elder Financial Exploitation	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuls and Residents of Residential Care Facilities	Scripps College	CA	2013-IJ-CX-0026	$136,290	Closed
2006	The Role and Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice Process	NIJ FY06 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence	Cal State LA University Auxiliary Services, Inc.	CA	2006-DN-BX-0094	$600,000	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Glendale	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City of Glendale, California	CA	2015-DN-BX-0119	$100,000	Closed
2015	FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Laboratory	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	County of Santa Clara	CA	2015-DN-BX-0001	$269,576	Closed
2021	Examining the Effect of Oregon’s Measure 110 on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice Outcomes	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04709-NIJB	$598,053	Open
2015	FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program- Denver Police Department	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	City And County of Denver	CO	2015-DN-BX-0040	$219,640	Closed
2015	Fiscal Year 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection	CT	2015-DN-BX-0019	$532,083	Closed
2012	Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area: Documenting the Value of Cross-Agency and Cross-Jurisdictional Data Integration	NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime	Urban Institute	DC	2012-R2-CX-0001	$689,507	Closed
2012	Understanding Crime Decline in America: A Proposal for a National Research Council Roundtable	NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	National Academy of Sciences	DC	2012-R2-CX-0049	$720,000	Closed
2008	The Costs and Benefits of the DNA Field Experiment	NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	The Urban Institute	DC	2008-DN-BX-0001	$149,283	Closed
2009	Statistical Assessment of the Probability of Correct identification of Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris Analysis	NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	University of Central Florida	FL	2009-DN-BX-K227	$415,992	Closed
2012	Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs: Policy Change, Law Enforcement Activity, and Diversion Tactics	NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions	University of Central Florida	FL	2012-R2-CX-0006	$250,000	Closed
2008	Application of Chemometrics for the Identification of Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris Samples	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals	University of Central Florida	FL	2008-DN-BX-K069	$242,281	Closed
2008	Ignition Studies	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals	University of Central Florida	FL	2008-DN-BX-K166	$308,155	Closed
2008	The Creation of a Thermal Properties Database	NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals	University of Central Florida	FL	2008-DN-BX-K167	$288,762	Closed
2015	Fort Lauderdale Police Evidence Processing Efficiency Project	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Fort Lauderdale	FL	2015-CD-BX-0077	$53,435	Closed
2017	Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-DN-BX-0137	$286,931	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
2017	Optimization and Statistical Testing of Experimental and Computer Methodologies for Evaluation of the LIT-MIA Thermal Imaging Method for Recovery of Defaced Serial Numbers	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY	ID	2017-DN-BX-0173	$199,688	Closed
2014	Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Chicago	IL	2014-IJ-CX-0011	$29,799	Closed
2006	Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse of Elderly Individuals	NIJ FY06 Research and Evaluation on Elder Abuse	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2006-MU-MU-0004	$304,300	Closed