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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 Sort descending Award Number Amount Status
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
2010 Creating A Better Understanding Of Cross-Jurisdictional Task Forces On The Border: An Evaluation Of Two Efforts To Target Drugs And Violence In San Diego County NIJ FY 10 ORE Recovery Act: Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program San Diego Association of Governments CA 2010-SS-B9-0001 $299,136 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Solving Cases With DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2014-DN-BX-K062 $192,955 Closed
2012 Solving Cold Cases With DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2012-DN-BX-K009 $418,047 Closed
2008 Alameda County (California) Collaborating with the National Institute of Justice to Perform the Necessary Investigative Research to Identify Cold Cases That Can Be Solved with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Alameda, California CA 2008-DN-BX-K203 $449,622 Closed
2013 Ethnocultural influences on women''s experiences of and responses to intimate partner abuse NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence California State University Fullerton CA 2013-MU-CX-0038 $925,190 Closed
2008 Multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of all Ventura County law enforcement agencies to coordinate and conduct review of a minimum of 50 cold violent crime and homicide cases for presence of DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Ventura CA 2008-DN-BX-K311 $212,133 Closed
2009 Statistical Evaluation of Torn Duct Tape NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-DN-BX-K235 $154,300 Closed
2007 Impact of 9/11 on Police Forces NIJ FY 07 ORE Terrorism RAND Corporation CA 2007-IJ-CX-0012 $314,961 Closed
2011 Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of the Elder Abuse Forensic Center Model NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization University of Southern California CA 2011-IJ-CX-0015 $484,448 Closed
2009 Evaluating an Elder Abuse Forensic Center Using a Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 09 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals and Residents of Residential Care Facilities University of Southern California CA 2009-IJ-CX-0017 $260,006 Closed
2015 FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Sacramento County District Atty NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Sacramento County CA 2015-DN-BX-0111 $446,421 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of Santa Clara CA 2015-DN-BX-0001 $269,576 Closed
2015 Examination of the Short-and Long-term Impact of School Shootings NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles CA 2015-VF-GX-K113 $1,254,975 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
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 Research on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Insights from Family and Friends of Current and Former Extremists NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-ZA-CX-0005 $600,344 Closed
2017 Taking Effective School Violence Prevention to Scale NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-CK-BX-0020 $6,867,878 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Reducing Violence in Communities: An In-Depth Study of Efforts in Durham, NC and Minneapolis, MN NIJ FY17 Research on Reducing Violence in Communities THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2017-IJ-CX-0015 $999,728 Closed
2018 Hoopa Valley Tribe and Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership NIJ FY18 Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE CA 2018-75-CX-0013 $100,000 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
2019 Exploring the Social Networks of Homegrown Violent Extremist (HVE) Military Veterans Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 2019-ZA-CX-0002 $1,670,395 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 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Scenarios and Solutions Gang Prevention Program Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CA 2019-R2-CX-0014 $550,610 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270 Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019 EVIDENT CHANGE CA 2019-R2-CX-0015 $650,000 Open