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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.
Description

Number of Awards: 7,390
Total Amount Awarded: $3,904,827,360

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION NV 15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS $110,998 Open
2023 Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program through a Phased Evaluation Approach Using an Implementation Science Mixed Methods Approach GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC GA 2020-CZ-BX-0014 $320,000 Open
2023 Audio Deepfake Detection for Forensics and Security NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01933-RESS $64,003 Open
2023 Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS $111,000 Open
2023 Building Better Indigent Defense Systems NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS $800,000 Open
2023 Building Equity in Objective Prison Classification: A Model for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01363-NIJB $599,976 Open
2023 California: A Decade of Decarceration NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS $32,203 Open
2023 Can Law Enforcement Training Address Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality? An Experimental Evaluation of Effective Youth Interactions NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-05491-RESS $999,996 Open
2023 Cannabis liberalization policies and trends in cannabis-related school-based discipline: Examining sociodemographic disparities in Massachusetts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01954-TITL $111,000 Open
2023 Capturing nuclear DNA from hair shafts NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-04209-DNAX $413,504 Open
2023 Caring Connections for Youth: Evaluation of a Countywide Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities NIJ FY23 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 15PNIJ-23-GG-02410-TITL $866,309 Open
2023 Climate, Culture, and Correction Officer Wellness NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-06104-RESS $960,132 Open
2023 Community-Led Learning: A Collaborative Approach to Training and Technical Assistance for Violent Crime Problem Analyses NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-04270-MUMU $1,991,949 Open
2023 Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes National Institute of Standards and Technology GRANT13861154 $409,578 Open
2023 Comprehensive / Holistic Public Safety Approach using research, analysis and evaluation, of problem nature codes in the City of Minneapolis for Alternative Response development. NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MN 15PNIJ-23-GG-00271-BRND $2,500,000 Open
2023 Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS $262,678 Open
2023 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center NIJ FY23 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-23-GK-00931-NIJB $3,500,000 Open
2023 Data and Dashboards: Research and Enhancements to Ensure Mecklenburg County’s Criminal Justice System is a Leader in Data-Driven Decision Making NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC 15PNIJ-23-GG-00272-BRND $1,000,000 Open
2023 Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04213-DNAX $759,008 Open
2023 Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes OAKLAND UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04225-RESS $308,002 Open
2023 Developing a Strategy to Evaluate Urban Violence Prevention and Intervention Ecosystems: A Case Study of Boston NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04266-CVIP $983,482 Open
2023 Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO $467,325 Open
2023 Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS $245,592 Open
2023 Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS $110,966 Open
2023 Development of computational methods for genetic identification and kinship analysis of forensic samples NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01948-RESS $111,000 Open