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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: Violence against Women

Number of Awards: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $48,008,960

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2013 A Brief Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Dating Aggression Perpetration NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2013-VA-CX-0001 $741,630 Closed
2020 A nationally representative examination of the prevalence, characteristics, and consequences of statutory rape in the United States Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-VA-CX-0002 $203,939 Past Project Period End Date
2005 A rural and urban multiple perspective study of protective order violation consequences, responses, & costs Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications University of Kentucky KY 2005-WG-BX-0008 $650,033 Closed
2005 A Systems Change Analysis of SANE Programs Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications Michigan State University MI 2005-WG-BX-0003 $389,925 Closed
2020 Access to Justice for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Civil Protection Orders Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2020-VA-CX-0001 $1,022,215 Open
2009 Achieving Successful Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships that Strenghthen Practice and Policy: Lessons Learned From the Field NIJ FY09 Building and Enhancing Research Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships Yale University CT 2009-IJ-CX-0207 $343,565 Closed
2014 Adaptation and Evaluation of Video Game to Reduce Sexual Violence on Campus NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence University of New Hampshire NH 2014-VA-CX-0012 $579,301 Closed
2005 An Evaluation of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications Caliber Associates Inc VA 2005-WT-BX-0002 $425,210 Closed
2018 An Evaluation of Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Interview Training for Sexual Assault Investigators using Standardized Patient Actors: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE KY 2018-VA-CX-0003 $335,131 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 Closed
2018 Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-VA-CX-0005 $329,381 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Campus Sexual Assault Responses (CSAR): Informing Trauma-Informed Policies, Protocols, and Training Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence, FY 2019 NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER IL 2019-VA-CX-K001 $999,999 Closed
2014 Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations and Parental Alienation NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence The George Washington University DC 2014-MU-CX-0859 $501,791 Closed
2012 Continuation of Dating It Safe: A Longitudinal Study on Teen Dating Violence NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX 2012-WG-BX-0005 $746,181 Closed
2005 Coordinating the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence: The Effectiveness of Councils in Producing Systems Change Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign IL 2005-WG-BX-0005 $356,830 Closed
2004 Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women Fund For The City of New York NY 2004-WG-BX-0005 $142,631 Closed
2003 Crime Laboratory Improvement Program National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Reno Police Department NV 2003-LP-CX-K032 $93,968 Closed
2012 Criminal Protection Orders As A Critical Strategy To Reduce Domestic Violence: The Impact Of Orders On Victims' Well-Being, Offenders' Behavior, And Children's Contact With Offending Fathers NIJ FY 12 Building and Enhancing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Yale University CT 2012-IJ-CX-0045 $753,081 Closed
2007 Custody Evaluators Beliefs about Domestic Abuse Allegations NIJ FY 07 ORE Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2007-WG-BX-0013 $318,212 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 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
2005 Development, Testing, and Evaluation of the Use of Polygraphs to Combat Violence Against Women Technology to Combat Violence Against Women Full Applications BOTEC Analysis Corporation MA 2005-WG-BX-0010 $324,877 Closed
2012 Developmental Pathways of Teen Dating Violence in a High-Risk Sample NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of Univ at Buffalo NY 2012-W9-BX-0001 $798,376 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