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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 Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 2019-R2-CX-0044 $100,000 Closed
2019 Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2019-R2-CX-0035 $150,000 Closed
2019 Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-75-CX-0008 $2,997,410 Open
2019 The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0004 $503,129 Closed
2019 The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 CINCINNATI UNIV OF OH 2019-R2-CX-0065 $323,263 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0003 $955,475 Closed
2019 Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-R2-CX-0066 $288,615 Closed
2019 Mitigating the Harm of Public Mass Shootings through Situational Crime Prevention Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0007 $141,033 Closed
2014 Advancing audio forensics of gunshot acoustics. NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Montana State University MT 2014-DN-BX-K034 $184,957 Closed
2014 Underground Gun Markets in Chicago NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence The University of Chicago IL 2014-MU-CX-0013 $459,849 Closed
2014 Prospective Evaluation of California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2014-R2-CX-0012 $1,167,909 Closed
2014 The Epidemiology of Crime Guns FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2014 Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence-Supplement FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Michigan State University MI 2013-R2-CX-0015 $249,046 Closed
2013 Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometrics Technologies Center of Excellence. NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. WV 2010-IJ-CX-K024 $156,746 Closed
2013 Disrupting Illegal Gun Transfers NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence RAND Corporation CA 2013-R2-CX-0016 $399,370 Closed
2013 The Epidemiology of Crime Guns: From Legal Sale to Use in Crime NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. VA 2013-R2-CX-0001 $250,000 Closed
2013 Reducing Youth Access to Firearms through the Health Care Setting NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence University of Colorado Denver CO 2013-MU-CX-0002 $1,025,560 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
2013 Measuring Success in Focused Deterrence NIJ FY 13 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Parterships TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2013-IJ-CX-0056 $298,264 Closed
2014 An Exploratory Analysis of the United States Firearm Transfer Regulatory System NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data David G. Mueller MO 2014-R2-CX-0008 $39,520 Closed
2014 Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time: A Comprehensive Data Collection Effort NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data The Ohio State University OH 2014-R2-CX-0004 $39,992 Closed
2018 Research-Based Practice Guide to Address Gang Violence Legacy OJJDP Research Grants THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-PB-FX-K002 $749,956 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
2015 Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2015-DN-BX-K048 $212,875 Closed
2015 Evaluating the law enforcement, prosecutor, and court response to firearm-related crimes in St. Louis NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL MO 2015-IJ-CX-0015 $564,773 Closed