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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: Violent crime

Number of Awards: 624
Total Amount Awarded: $335,910,573

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2005 Ysa Aly Homicide Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Burlingame California CA 2005-DN-BX-K038 $11,365 Closed
2013 Using Behavioral Patterns to Link Serial Rape Offenses:A Multidimensional Approach NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2013-IJ-CX-0009 $18,000 Closed
2008 The Relationship Between Individual Disposition and Social Context in Criminal Offending and Victimization: A Storyline Approach NIJ FY 07/08 ORE Graduate Research Fellowship University of Delaware DE 2008-IJ-CX-0004 $19,785 Closed
2008 Risks of Violence in Major Daily Activities, United States, 2003 - 2005 NIJ FY 09 ORE Graduate Research Fellowship Rutgers, the State University NJ 2009-IJ-CX-0025 $20,000 Closed
2005 Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005 The University of Chicago IL 2005-WG-BX-0001 $20,000 Closed
2005 In and Out of Harm's Way: Intimate Partner Violence among Women over the Life Course Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005 The Regents of The University of Minnesota MN 2005-WG-BX-0002 $20,000 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - St. Charles County Sheriff's Department NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement St. Charles County MO 2007-DN-BX-K062 $24,374 Closed
2004 Offender Characteristics, Offense Mix, and Escalation in Domestic Violence Data Resources Program 2003: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of Florida FL 2004-IJ-CX-0013 $24,856 Closed
2014 Cops on Dots Doing What? The Differential Effects of Law Enforcement-Oriented Actions in Hot Spots NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2014-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 Closed
2010 Immigrant Concentration and Homicide Mortality: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Effects of Ethnic Enclaves NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2010-IJ-CX-0003 $25,000 Closed
2012 Identifying Risky Places for Street Robberies NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program Rutgers, the State University NJ 2012-IJ-CX-0005 $25,000 Closed
2013 Labor Force Participation and Crime Among Severe and Violent Former Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Washington University MO 2013-IJ-CX-0042 $25,000 Closed
2010 Journeys to buy and sell illegal narcotics in Philadelphia drug markets NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2010-IJ-CX-1675 $25,000 Closed
2014 Life Fast, Die Young: Anticipated Early Death And Adolescent Violence And Gang Involvement NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Research Foundation for the SUNY, University of Albany NY 2014-IJ-CX-0008 $25,869 Closed
2015 Factors affecting the validity of a violence risk screening tool with psychiatric inpatients NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Fordham University NY 2015-IJ-CX-0006 $28,388 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
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Ohio Attorney General, BCI&I NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement State of Ohio Office of The Attorney General OH 2007-DN-BX-K039 $30,000 Closed
2007 DNA Grant FY2007 - Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Montgomery County OH 2007-DN-BX-K029 $30,000 Closed
2017 Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2017-IJ-CX-0011 $32,000 Closed
2008 Collective Efficacy and Violent Crime in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1991-1999 NIJ FY 07/08 ORE Data Resources Program Joint Centers for Justice Studies, Inc. WV 2008-IJ-CX-0013 $33,760 Closed
2005 The Effects of Prosecution on Violence Between Intimate Partners Data Resources Program-Fall Joint Centers For Justice Studies WV 2006-IJ-CX-0005 $34,425 Closed
2006 The Impact of Spatial Autocorrelation on Factors That Predict Intimate Partner Violence Arrest Decisions NIJ FY06 ORE Data Resources Program Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2007-IJ-CX-0005 $34,518 Closed
2008 Determinants of Chicago Neighborhood Homicide Trends: 1980-2000 NIJ FY 07/08 ORE Data Resources Program Florida State University FL 2008-IJ-CX-0019 $34,789 Closed
2008 The Structural and Cultural Dynamics of Neighborhood Violence NIJ FY 07/08 ORE Data Resources Program University of Maryland MD 2008-IJ-CX-0012 $34,912 Closed
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed