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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
2022 Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of NonIdentifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use and Intent STONEY FORENSIC, INC VA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS $640,293 Open
2021 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $3,000,000 Open
2016 Rutgers Violence Against Women Consortium Violence Against Women Research Consortium RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 2016-MU-CX-K011 $4,999,982 Closed
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Detection and Diagnosis of Mobility Impairment via Cortical and Trabecular Bone Properties to Aid in the Identification of Human Remains in a Medicolegal Context Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2019-R2-CX-0052 $150,000 Closed
2019 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2019-R2-CX-0014 $550,610 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 EVIDENT CHANGE CA 2019-R2-CX-0015 $650,000 Open
2019 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $2,997,410 Open
2021 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $3,000,000 Open
2019 The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0004 $503,129 Closed
2019 The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 2019-R2-CX-0065 $323,263 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0003 $955,475 Closed
2019 Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-R2-CX-0066 $288,615 Closed
2019 Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE PA 2019-V3-GX-0003 $678,752 Closed
2019 Macro-Level Influences on Police Decision-Making and Engagement with Victims of Serious Violent Crimes: A Narrative Case Study of Two States Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH, INC. KS 2019-V3-GX-0001 $78,783 Closed
2019 Police Stops, Crime Prevention, and Community Reaction: A Randomized Field Experiment at Violent Crime Hot Spots Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 POLICE FOUNDATION VA 2019-R2-CX-0025 $787,450 Open
2019 Exploring the Social Networks of Homegrown Violent Extremist (HVE) Military Veterans Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 2019-ZA-CX-0002 $1,670,395 Past Project Period End Date
2014 Improved Efficiency in Documenting Violent Crime and Serious Traffic Collision Scenes through Laser Scanning Technology NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Myrtle Beach Police Department SC 2014-CD-BX-0026 $113,869 Closed
2008 Dating Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Miami-Dade Middle Schools: A Collaborative Multi-level Randomized Experimental Evaluation NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women Police Executive Research Forum DC 2008-MU-MU-0010 $649,851 Closed
2008 Do Domestic Violence Courts Reduce Recidivism? A Statewide Impact Evaluation in New York NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation NY 2008-WG-BX-0001 $278,824 Closed
2008 Police Department''s use of Lethality Assessments: An Experimental Evaluation NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women Johns Hopkins University MD 2008-WG-BX-0002 $581,232 Closed
2008 Dating Abuse Prevention in Teens of Moms with Domestic Violence Protection Orders NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 2008-WG-BX-0003 $375,125 Closed
2008 Developing an Actuarial Risk Assessment for Adult Protective Services NIJ FY 08 ORE Elder Mistreatment National Council on Crime and Delinquency CA 2008-IJ-CX-0025 $309,000 Closed
2009 "PA-PVR" or "Projecting Violent Re-Offending in a Parole Population: Developing a Real-Time Forecasting Procedure to Inform Parole Decision-Making" NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole PA 2009-IJ-CX-0044 $228,390 Closed
2009 Can Video Surveillance Reduce Crime? Quantifying the Size and Goegraphic Extent of CCTV's Impact NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2009-IJ-CX-0012 $486,161 Closed