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 Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
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
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
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
2018	Harnessing Existing Technologies to Mitigate Driving Distraction Among Law Enforcement Officers	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	WI	2018-R2-CX-0025	$464,621	Closed
2018	Identify, Respond, Prevent: Addressing Human Trafficking among Juvenile Justice- and Child Welfare-Involved Youth	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2018-MU-MU-0033	$689,381	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Legal Responses to Human Trafficking:Evaluability Assessments and Future Evaluation Designs	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK	NY	2018-VT-BX-0002	$428,073	Closed
2018	Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers	NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	2018-75-CX-0032	$985,950	Past Project Period End Date
2017	Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	2017-VF-GX-0004	$679,988	Closed
2017	Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ASSOCIATION, INC.	DC	2017-MU-CX-0005	$597,532	Closed
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
2016	Measuring Outcomes in Services to Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking: Instrument Development and Testing	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2016-VT-BX-0001	$464,515	Closed
2016	Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches	Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc.	DC	2016-IJ-CX-0005	$460,000	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
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
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
2015	Labor Trafficking in North Carolina: A Statewide Survey Using Multistage Sampling	NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION	CA	2013-IJ-CX-0047	$174,118	Closed
2015	Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response	NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Fund For The City of New York	NY	2014-R2-CX-0007	$198,156	Closed
2015	Researcher-Survivor Formative Evaluation of San Francisco's Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2015-VF-GX-0107	$453,117	Closed
2015	Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	University of Kentucky Research Foundation	KY	2015-MU-MU-0009	$570,150	Closed
2014	Evaluation of a Service Provision Program for Victims of Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Trustees of Boston University, BUMC	MA	2014-R2-CX-0005	$247,093	Closed
2014	Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Abt Associates Inc.	MA	2014-R2-CX-0006	$492,113	Closed
2014	Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Utah	UT	2014-DN-BX-0003	$35,000	Closed
2014	Implicit Racial Bias, Community Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice	NIJ FY 14 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture and Crime	Northeastern University	MA	2014-IJ-CX-0031	$49,679	Closed