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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: Violent crime

Number of Awards: 625
Total Amount Awarded: $336,568,481

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 A Frame Analysis of Violence and Accelerationism in Cognitive Radicalization NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY OH 15PNIJ-23-GG-01382-DOMR $449,897 Open
2013 Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative NIJ FY 13 Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstrative Initiative YALE UNIVERSITY CT 2013-ZD-CX-0001 $1,899,856 Closed
2014 Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cold Case Review Team NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2014-DN-BX-K083 $90,000 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wyoming Attorney General NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2007-DN-BX-K042 $100,000 Closed
2014 Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Study NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction WI 2014-CK-BX-0011 $858,187 Closed
2005 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2005-DN-BX-K011 $122,692 Closed
2007 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2007-DN-BX-K028 $469,801 Closed
2018 A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training Legacy OJJDP Research Grants WESTED CA 2018-MC-FX-K007 $750,000 Closed
2006 Outcome Evaluation of Tribes Learning Communities NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs WestEd CA 2006-JP-FX-0059 $658,303 Closed
2009 What Promotes Resilience in Youth Exposed to Violence: A Multilevel Analysis NIJ FY 09 ORE Data Resources Program WestEd CA 2009-IJ-CX-0103 $38,000 Closed
2020 An Evaluation of a Statewide Approach to the Prevention and Intervention of Violence using School Threat Assessment Teams Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTED CA 2020-MU-MU-0011 $852,868 Open
2016 Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase Longitudinal Cohort Study of Interpersonal Violence Among College-Aged Women and Men: Planning Phase WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-MU-MU-K074 $999,698 Closed
2002 Spatial and Temporal Linkages Between Unemployment and Crime Rates The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Westat, Inc. MD 2002-IJ-CX-0010 $53,610 Closed
2023 NIJ FY23 National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults NIJ FY23 National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced By Young Adults WESTAT, INC. MD 15PNIJ-23-GK-02236-MUMU $1,000,000 Open
2000 Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime West Virginia University Research Corporation WV 2000-DN-VX-K001 $998,801 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - West Virginia State Police NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement West Virginia State Police WV 2007-DN-BX-K151 $236,064 Closed
2011 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Action Research Project NIJ FY 11 Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence: An Action Research Project Wayne County Prosecutor''s Office MI 2011-DN-BX-0001 $200,000 Closed
2013 Labor Force Participation and Crime Among Severe and Violent Former Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Washington University MO 2013-IJ-CX-0042 $25,000 Closed
2007 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Washington State Patrol WA 2007-DN-BX-K069 $764,028 Closed
2008 Stranger Rape DNA NIJ FY08 Office of Research and Evaluation Congressionally Directed Awards Washington Assn of Sheriffs And Police Chiefs WA 2008-DD-BX-K015 $447,174 Closed
2008 Stranger Rape DNA Project NIJ FY08 Office of Research and Evaluation Congressionally Directed Awards Washington Assn of Sheriffs And Police Chiefs WA 2008-DN-BX-K220 $488,694 Closed
2014 Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in Increasing School Safety for Urban Low-Income Middle Schools NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2014-CK-BX-0009 $2,660,933 Closed
2012 Teen Dating Violence Victimization in an Urban Sample of Early Adolescents: Measurement, Prevalence, Trajectories, and Consequences NIJ FY 12 Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University VA 2012-IJ-CX-0014 $297,297 Closed
2007 Vermont 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Vermont Department of Public Safety VT 2007-DN-BX-K030 $100,000 Closed
2018 Restoring Promise: A randomized control trial examining the impact of innovative young adult housing on reducing violence NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2018-75-CX-0021 $750,000 Closed