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
2014	Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victim Identification: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation	NY	2014-R2-CX-0007	$242,000	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
2013	Evaluation Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking	NIJ FY 2012 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2009-VF-GX-0206	$59,256	Closed
2013	Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment	NORC	IL	2013-IJ-CX-K009	$593,715	Closed
2013	Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-ZA-BX-0008	$793,783	Closed
2012	Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislation, Law Enforcement Processes, and Demand Reduction Strategies That Work	NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	Colorado College	CO	2012-MU-CX-0027	$339,001	Closed
2012	Sex Trafficking and Gangs in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region Area	NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	University of San Diego	CA	2012-R2-CX-0028	$398,824	Closed
2011	Human Trafficking Organizations and Facilitators: A Detailed Profile and Interviews with Convicted Traffickers in the United States	NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP)	Abt Associates Inc.	MA	2011-IJ-CX-0017	$488,007	Closed
2011	Improving Trafficking Victim Identification: Evaluation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool	NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP)	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2011-MU-MU-0066	$448,421	Closed
2011	Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States	NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP)	Urban Institute	DC	2011-IJ-CX-0026	$498,844	Closed
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
2009	Evaluation of OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking	NIJ FY 09 Evaluation of OVC's FY 09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2009-VF-GX-0206	$499,992	Closed
2009	Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Northeastern University	MA	2009-IJ-CX-0015	$501,352	Closed
2009	Identifying Community Indicators of Human Trafficking	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2009-IJ-CX-0045	$419,643	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
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
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
2007	Sex Trafficking in a Border Community: A Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana, Mexico	NIJ FY 07 ORE Transnational Crime	San Diego University Research Foundation	CA	2007-IJ-CX-0013	$297,264	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
2006	Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the U.S. and Abroad	NIJ FY06 ORE Transnational Crime	Caliber Associates Inc	VA	2006-IJ-CX-0010	$189,420	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
2005	Local Actors and US Anti-trafficking Policy:Interpretation, Mediation, and Implementation	Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall	Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	2006-IJ-CX-0003	$20,000	Closed
2005	Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking	Research on Trafficking in Human Beings - FY 2005	Northeastern University	MA	2005-IJ-CX-0045	$350,994	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
2004	SOLICITATION FOR CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN TRAFFICING AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR VICTIMS: CURRENT PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research	Caliber Associates Inc	VA	2004-WG-BX-0088	$199,661	Closed