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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Number of Awards: 76
Total Amount Awarded: $35,262,197

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2006	A Case Study of Human Trafficking: The Transnational Movement of Chinese Women for Sex Work	NIJ FY06 ORE Transnational Crime	Rutgers, The State University	NJ	2006-IJ-CX-0008	$284,287	Closed
2020	A National Assessment of Demand Reduction Efforts, Part II: New Developments in the Primary Prevention of Sex Trafficking	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020	NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, INC.	DC	2020-75-CX-0011	$239,946	Closed
2008	A Review and Translation of Spanish-Language Literature on Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 08 ORE Trafficking	San Diego University Research Foundation	CA	2008-IJ-CX-0008	$59,559	Closed
2015	Advancing Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Abt Associates Inc.	MA	2015-MU-MU-0003	$996,870	Closed
2019	Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	GA	2019-R2-CX-0042	$86,428	Closed
2020	Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION	GA	2019-R2-CX-4042	$86,428	Closed
2021	Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Ratios in Human Keratin Tissue for Region-of-Origin and Residency Determination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	NM	15PNIJ-21-GG-04157-SLFO	$320,732	Open
2010	An analysis of federal human trafficking cases, including the effect of prostitution arrests on trafficking charges filed, using publicly-available data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2010-IJ-CX-1673	$39,087	Closed
2013	An empirical analysis of the scope and scale of organized crime''s involvement in human trafficking in the United States	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Texas Christian University	TX	2013-R2-CX-0049	$308,694	Closed
2004	AN EVAULATION OF SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS DISCRETION	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation	Caliber Associates Inc	VA	2002-MU-MU-K004	$485,663	Closed
2018	An Object-Centric Approach for Image Analysis to Combat Human Trafficking	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)	DC	2018-75-CX-0038	$1,005,852	Closed
2005	Assessing the Extent of Human Trafficking: A Community Outreach Approach	Research on Trafficking in Human Beings - FY 2005	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2005-IJ-CX-0053	$336,177	Closed
2015	Bending Towards Justice: Perceptions of Justice among Human Trafficking Survivors	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Urban Institute	DC	2015-VF-GX-0108	$573,509	Closed
2015	Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization through Crime Reporting	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Northeastern University	MA	2015-VF-GX-0105	$462,973	Closed
2018	Combating Human Trafficking Using Structural Information in Online Review Sites	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP	GA	2018-75-CX-0031	$361,069	Closed
2015	Continuation Funding for 2014-R2-CX-0005	NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2014-R2-CX-0005	$481,374	Closed
2018	Crime in Public Space and Online Domains: Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in Massage Businesses	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	2018-R2-CX-0005	$32,000	Closed
2007	Data and Research on Human Trafficking: Comprehensive Literature Review	NIJ FY07 Trafficking in Human Beings Research and Comprehensive Literature Review	Georgetown University	DC	2007-VT-BX-K002	$86,802	Closed
2020	Disrupting Human Trafficking Networks through Mathematical Modeling: Addressing Replacement Effects and Uncertain Information	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE	NY	2020-R2-CX-0022	$100,000	Past Project Period End Date
2016	Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking Among Homeless and Runaway Youth Age 14-25 in Metro Atlanta	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.	GA	2016-MU-MU-0002	$499,905	Closed
2018	ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services	NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN	TX	2018-ZD-CX-0004	$485,244	Closed
2019	Evaluability Assessment of a Metropolitan Network Service Delivery Model to Connect Trafficked Persons with a Full Range of Victim Services	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	2019-VT-BX-0036	$294,221	Closed
2023	Evaluating Processes and Outcomes of Housing Models for Victims of Human Trafficking	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF	MA	15PNIJ-23-GK-01928-HT	$654,195	Open
2021	Evaluating the OHTS Tool and Assessing Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors	Research and Evaluation of Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2021	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03631-MUMU	$648,715	Open