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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: Digital evidence forensics AND Research and development

Number of Awards: 3,234
Total Amount Awarded: $1,945,839,249

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 "Development of an Analytical Approach for a Robust Probability Model for LCN DNA Profile Interpretation" NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2012-IJ-CX-0016 $24,988 Closed
2023 "Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis" NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04240-RESS $335,595 Open
2010 "Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists" NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2010-DN-BX-K177 $499,804 Closed
2007 "Finding Victims of Human Trafficking" NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review National Opinion Research Center (NORC) IL 2007-VT-BX-0001 $293,198 Closed
2013 "It''s not all cupcakes and lollipops": An investigation of the predictors and effects of prison visitation for children during maternal and paternal incarceration. NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2013-IJ-CX-0011 $25,000 Closed
2003 "Marshall University Forensic Science Center and FRN Initiatives to Improve Capabilities and Capacities of Forensic Crime Labs" National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Marshall University Research Corporation WV 2001-RC-CX-K002 $2,980,500 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
2016 "Targeting the "Absence" in a Desistance Framework: Balancing Risk and Rehabilitation in Mandated Criminal Background Check Employment Decisions." NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Research Foundation for the SUNY, University at Albany NY 2016-R2-CX-0017 $31,999 Closed
2007 "The Effects of Low Level Offense Records and Race on Employability." This study will examine the effects that low level offense records and race have on employability. NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Council on Crime and Justice MN 2007-IJ-CX-0042 $33,200 Closed
2015 # 2014-IJ-CX-K005 - Supplement NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American University DC 2014-IJ-CX-K005 $144,447 Closed
2017 #WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence KING, COUNTY OF WA 2017-VA-CX-0034 $406,079 Closed
2003 16x20 X-Ray Cassette and Processor for Polaroid Instant Film National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Wisner Classic Mfg Co Inc MA 2003-RD-CX-K012 $150,000 Closed
2008 2008 Forensic DNA Efficiency Improvement Project NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA 2008-DN-BX-K191 $382,309 Closed
2009 2009 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement City of Los Angeles CA 2009-DN-BX-K034 $246,549 Closed
2020 2020 OVK Tribal-Research Capacity Building Grant Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2020 ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE AK 2020-R2-CX-0039 $99,637 Closed
2013 21st Century Corporate Financial Crime: Statistical Portrait, Executive and Firm Risk Factors, and Rich Database NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime The Pennsylvania State University PA 2013-R2-CX-0055 $583,917 Closed
2023 21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon JUSTICE INNOVATION INC. NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-02235-RESS $829,358 Open
2016 21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Project Research on "Sentinel Events" and Criminal Justice System Errors PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION MD 2016-IJ-CX-K005 $642,348 Closed
2011 3D Characterization and Comparison of Fracture Surfaces NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Ames Laboratory (DOE) 2011-DN-R-0230 $355,000 Closed
2009 3D Hand-Held Surveillance and Real Time Multi-Modal Recognition Device NIJ FY 09 Technology Research and Development StereoVision Imaging, Inc. CA 2009-IJ-CX-K001 $483,433 Closed
2007 3D Locator System for Law Enforcement -A Navigational Technology With the Ability to Accurately Locate an Officer Within One Meter in Both Horizontal and Vertical Planes Where GPS is Unavailable NIJ FY 07 Communications Technology: Invited Full Proposals Sedona Strategies, LLC CA 2007-DE-BX-K012 $249,378 Closed
2020 3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-DQ-BX-0006 $361,656 Past Project Period End Date
2023 911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB $500,000 Open
2023 A 28-year longitudinal study of victimization and perpetration of violence in high-risk youth: Advancing the development of preventive interventions in the community NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04269-CVIP $1,000,000 Open
2006 A Bayesian Data Trawler for Urban Public Safety NIJ FY06 Modeling and Simulation Research and Development: Software for Improved Operations, Operational Modeling, Speech-to-Text Recognition, and Training Technologies Structured Decisions Corporation MA 2006-IJ-CX-K011 $350,000 Closed