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: 92
Total Amount Awarded: $61,348,715

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2023	A Micro-and Macro Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	CO	15PNIJ-23-GG-02401-MUMU	$1,456,274	Open
2023	A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Impacts and Implementation of Florida's Risk Protection Order (RPO) Law, 2018-2023	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-02406-BSCI	$700,224	Open
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
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
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
2021	A Universal Method for the Detection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residue based on Fast Fluorescence Mapping and Raman Spectroscopic Identification	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-04153-RESS	$632,138	Open
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
2023	An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings	POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM	DC	15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI	$425,304	Open
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
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
2020	Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	2020-75-CX-0004	$369,412	Past Project Period End Date
2022	Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	MD	15PNIJ-22-GG-01420-RESS	$1,029,558	Open
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
2019	Delinquent and Criminal Behaviors of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Children of Former Juvenile Offenders	Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, FY 2019	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	2020-MU-MU-0001	$999,906	Open
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
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
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
2013	Disrupting Illegal Gun Transfers	NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence	RAND Corporation	CA	2013-R2-CX-0016	$399,370	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
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
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
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
2023	Evaluation of a Healing-Centered Community-Wide Approach to Addressing Firearm Violence in New Orleans	NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support	ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, THE	LA	15PNIJ-23-GG-04267-CVIP	$1,250,000	Open