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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: Gun violence

Number of Awards: 92
Total Amount Awarded: $61,348,715

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
1998 Analysis of Title XI Effects: Supplement to Assault Weapons Ban Evaluation Using a High Definition GIS to Enhance Community Policing on College Campuses The Urban Institute DC 1998-IJ-CX-0039 $301,826 Closed
2000 Development of an Authorized-User-Only Handgun Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Smith & Wesson MA 2000-RD-CX-K001 $300,000 Closed
2000 Improving Research and Data on Firearms CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program National Academy of Sciences DC 2000-IJ-CX-0034 $150,000 Closed
2000 Improving Research and Data on Firearms CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program National Academy of Sciences DC 2000-IJ-CX-0034 $175,613 Closed
2002 Development of a Human Skin Biometric Identification System for Authorized User Only Handguns Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Smith & Wesson MA 2002-IJ-CX-K004 $590,884 Closed
2002 Firearm Markets and Firearm Violence The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Regents of The University of California University of California Davis CA 2002-IJ-CX-0005 $250,332 Closed
2002 Optical Methods for Authorized Handgun User Recognition Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Exponent, Inc. FL 2002-IJ-CX-K012 $187,598 Closed
2002 PSN Academy: Proposal to Provide Technical Assistance The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Michigan State University MI 2002-GP-CX-1003 $898,233 Closed
2002 PSN Academy: Proposal to Provide Technical Assistance The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Michigan State University MI 2002-GP-CX-1003 $1,252,202 Closed
2003 Enhancements for Firearms, Latents, Trace Equipment and Trai National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act STATE OF IDAHO ID 2003-DN-BX-0016 $29,178 Closed
2003 Evaluation of Teens, Crime, and Community Program and Community Works Training NIJ Solicitation For Evaluations of OJJDP Discretionary Programs Curators of The University of Missouri On Behalf of The University of Missouri St. Louis MO 2003-JN-FX-0003 $1,625,274 Closed
2003 Reducing Violent Crime and Firearms Violence: Indianapolis CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Indiana University IN 2003-IJ-CX-1038 $284,668 Closed
2003 SECURES® Demonstration in Hampton/Newport News, Virginia National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Planning Systems Incorporated VA 2003-IJ-CX-K029 $500,000 Closed
2004 Child-Safe Personalized Weapons - Smart Gun Project National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ 2004-IJ-CX-0096 $1,133,941 Closed
2004 Crime Gun Risk Factors: The Impact of Dealer, Firearm, Transaction, and Buyer Characteristics on the Likelihood of Gun Use in Crime Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2004-IJ-CX-0030 $103,514 Closed
2004 Evaluation of a Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Gun Violence in Detroit Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Michigan State University MI 2004-IJ-CX-0022 $243,461 Closed
2004 Preventing Firearm Violence Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: An Evaluation of a New North Carolina Law Solicitation for Research on Firearms & Violence, Fiscal Year 2004 Pacific Institute For Research And Evaluation MD 2004-IJ-CX-0025 $114,784 Closed
2004 STRATEGIC DISRUPTION OF FIREARMS MARKETS National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Rand Corporation CA 2001-IJ-CX-0028 $399,993 Closed
2004 Strategic Disruption of Firearms Markets: An Evaluation of the Utility of ATF's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (Supplement for Extended Analysis) National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Rand Corporation CA 2001-IJ-CX-0028 $249,877 Closed
2004 Wireless and Rapid Deployment Upgrades to ShotSpotter System National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology South Carolina Research Authority SC 2002-MU-MU-K011 $890,530 Closed
2005 A Reexamination of the Criminal Deterrent Effects: Capital Punishment and Concealed Handgun Laws Data Resources Program-Fall Board of Regents of The University of Wisconsin System WI 2005-IJ-CX-0020 $32,356 Closed
2005 Evaluation of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission,Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research,National Institute of Justice,Fiscal Year: 07/01/04-06/30/05 Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 President And Fellows of Harvard College MA 2005-IJ-CX-0005 $219,813 Closed
2005 PSN Academy: Provision of Research-Based Training and Technical Assistance to Project Safe Neighborhoods (Year Three Supplement) NIJ/Office of Research & Evaluation Continuations Michigan State University MI 2002-GP-CX-1003 $1,199,998 Closed
2007 New Approaches to Identifying Secondary Market Sources of Illegal Firearms NIJ FY 07 ORE Police and Public Safety Northeastern University MA 2007-IJ-CX-0030 $205,891 Closed
2013 A Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-0015 $249,957 Closed