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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: Terrorism

Number of Awards: 101
Total Amount Awarded: $78,761,781

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2018-75-CX-0024 $289,810 Closed
2018 Community Reporting Thresholds: Sharing Information with Authorities Concerning Terrorism Activity. NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2018-ZA-CX-0004 $920,854 Closed
2018 Firearm Purchase Behavior and Subsequent Adverse Events NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2018-75-CX-0026 $922,109 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Game theory applications in security? NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY NJ 2018-R2-CX-0011 $150,000 Closed
2018 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0015 $150,000 Closed
2018 Investigative and Prosecutorial Strategies for Mitigating Pathways to Radicalization: Creation of a Federal Terrorism Court Record Repository NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2018-ZA-CX-0003 $731,927 Closed
2018 Mass Shooter Database NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 2018-75-CX-0023 $300,403 Closed
2018 Operation250: An Evaluation of a Primary Prevention Campaign focused on Online Safety and Risk Assessment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-ZA-CX-0002 $1,029,474 Closed
2018 Pathways to School Shootings: An Integrated Developmental and Life Course Criminological Approach NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences Michigan State University MI 2018-R2-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2018 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism NIJ FY18 Continuations BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2017 A Multi-level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2017-ZA-CX-0001 $748,576 Closed
2017 Dynamic, Graph-Based Risk Assessments for the Detection of Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories Using Large Scale Social and Behavioral Data NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2017-ZA-CX-0002 $731,194 Closed
2017 INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING RADICALIZATION RISK: RISK TERRAIN MODELING AND CONJUNCTIVE ANALYSIS NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2017-ZA-CX-0004 $715,996 Closed
2017 Research on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Insights from Family and Friends of Current and Former Extremists NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-ZA-CX-0005 $600,344 Closed
2017 This proposed project aims to address critical knowledge gaps in the current understanding of violent extremism and radicalization among large groups online, delivering a Radicalization Index Tool. NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Valens Firm LLC GA 2017-ZA-CX-0003 $520,014 Closed
2016 Evaluation of the Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism Initiative Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-ZA-BX-K001 $750,000 Closed
2016 Regulation of Synthetically Engineered Organisms as Sources of Bio-Hacking and Bio-Terrorism NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2016-R2-CX-0023 $50,000 Closed
2016 Social Media As a Platform for Crafting Gender-Specific Interventions for the Domestic Radicalization of Women Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia VA 2016-ZA-BX-K002 $716,065 Closed
2016 Using Gatekeeper Training as a CVE Tool: Replication and Evaluation of a Gatekeeper Program in Prince George's County Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs Analytic Services Inc.(ANSER) VA 2016-ZA-BX-K003 $733,928 Closed
2015 Evaluating the Safe Spaces Community-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 2015-ZA-BX-0003 $936,571 Closed
2015 Radicalization and the Longevity of American Terrorists: Factors Affecting Sustainability NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Arkansas AR 2015-ZA-BX-0001 $399,531 Closed
2015 Readiness Evaluation for Community Resilience Exercises NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Research Triangle Institute NC 2015-ZA-BX-0002 $174,575 Closed
2015 Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2015-ZA-BX-0004 $386,194 Closed
2014 A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism University of Maryland MD 2014-ZA-BX-0002 $639,736 Closed