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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
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 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
2005 Alameda County Collaborating with the National Institute of Justice to Perform the Necessary Investigative Research to Identify Cold Cases That Can be Solved with DNA Solving Cold Cases with DNA County of Alameda, California CA 2005-DN-BX-K007 $430,434 Closed
2007 Alameda County Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2007 NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement County of Alameda, California CA 2007-DN-BX-K082 $211,993 Closed
2014 An Assessment of Extremist Groups Use of Web Forums, Social Media, and Technology to Enculturate and Radicalize Individuals to Violence NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Michigan State University MI 2014-ZA-BX-0004 $585,719 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
2014 An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 2014-IJ-CX-0028 $491,154 Closed
2006 An Evaluation of Gang Hot-Spots Policing in Chicago NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions Chicago Police Department IL 2006-IJ-CX-0023 $250,000 Closed
2005 An Evaluation of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications Caliber Associates Inc VA 2005-WT-BX-0002 $425,210 Closed
2010 An Examination of Resident Abuse in Assisted Living Facilities NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of the Elderly and Residents of Residential Care Facilities UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PA 2010-IJ-CX-0023 $466,441 Closed
2011 An Examination of the "Marriage Effect" on Desistance from Crime among U.S. Immigrants NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2011-IJ-CX-0002 $99,149 Closed
2010 An Exploratory Study of Juvenile Orders of Protection as a Remedy to Dating Violence NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking Advocates for Human Potential Inc MA 2010-MU-FX-0005 $300,009 Closed
2011 An In-depth Examination of Batterer Intervention and Alternative Treatment
Approaches for Domestic Violence Offenders 		NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization New York University NY 2011-WG-BX-0002 $275,000 Closed
2013 An innovative response to an intractable problem: Using village public safety officers to enhance the criminal justice response to violence committed against Indian women in Alaska's tribal community NIJ FY 13 Evaluating the Effectiveness of State, Local, and Tribal Responses to Violence Committed Against Indian Women Living in Tribal Communities University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2013-VW-CX-0001 $294,317 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
2014 Anne Arundel County - Solving Cold Cases with DNA Review and Analysis NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Anne Arundel County, Maryland MD 2014-DN-BX-K071 $143,539 Closed
2007 Anti-Terror Lessons of American Muslim Communities NIJ FY 07 ORE Terrorism Duke University NC 2007-IJ-CX-0008 $394,005 Closed
2007 Arizona 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Arizona Criminal Justice Commission AZ 2007-DN-BX-K078 $672,720 Closed
2018 Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-VA-CX-0005 $329,381 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Assessing Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 MADONNA UNIVERSITY MI 2019-R2-CX-0070 $253,010 Past Project Period End Date
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
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed
2004 ASSESSMENT OF PRISONER AND MANAGEMENT RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE TEXAS PRISON SYSTEMNational Institute of JusticeCallendar Year Audit Period Research on Prison Sex Violence The Institute DC 2004-RP-BX-0003 $183,378 Closed
2011 Automated Sperm Detection in forensic DNA analysis: Implications for Rape Kit Analysis NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Arryx, Inc IL 2011-DN-BX-K562 $360,748 Closed
2010 BCoPD FY2010 Solving Cold Cases With DNA Project NIJ FY 10 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Baltimore County Maryland MD 2010-DN-BX-K001 $185,308 Closed