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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 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
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 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 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 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
2018 A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2018-75-CX-0024 $289,810 Closed
2018 Firearm Purchase Behavior and Subsequent Adverse Events NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2018-75-CX-0026 $922,109 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Mass Shooter Database NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 2018-75-CX-0023 $300,403 Closed
2018 Pathways to School Shootings: An Integrated Developmental and Life Course Criminological Approach NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences Michigan State University MI 2018-R2-CX-0002 $32,000 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
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Firearm involvement of parents and their adolescent children: A prospective intergenerational study of high-risk youth NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IL 2017-IJ-CX-0019 $749,976 Closed
2017 Preventing Firearm Violence: An Evaluation of Urban Blight Removal in High Risk Communities NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2017-IJ-CX-0021 $669,964 Closed
2017 Racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injuries NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2017-IJ-CX-0018 $693,695 Closed
2017 Understanding Socio-Environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-IJ-CX-0020 $749,999 Closed
2016 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Participatory Peace Circles in New York City Schools Comprehensive School Safety Initiative FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC. NY 2016-CK-BX-0023 $4,181,239 Closed
2016 Development of Computational Methods for the Audio Analysis of Gunshots Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2016-DN-BX-0183 $93,561 Closed
2016 Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Northwestern University IL 2016-R2-CX-0039 $425,000 Open
2016 Initiation of a Gunshot Wound Trauma Atlas From Cranial Bone Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NY 2016-DN-BX-0155 $316,473 Closed
2016 Prospective Evaluation of California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS CA 2014-R2-CX-0012 $1,048,000 Closed
2016 The Gun Epidemic Reconsidered: Creating a Foundation to Reduce Firearm Violence Among Urban Youth Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC. NY 2016-IJ-CX-0008 $585,000 Closed
2016 The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2016-MU-MU-0047 $610,000 Closed
2016 Using Public Health Datasets to Analyze Legal Intervention Shootings Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-R2-CX-0038 $654,910 Open
2015 Evaluating Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT) to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Reduction Urban Institute DC 2015-R2-CX-K147 $622,432 Closed