Fiscal Year 2012 Awards
In fiscal year 2012, NIJ made 363 awards for a total of approximately $168 million dollars. Awards were made in response to:
- 34 competitive solicitations.
- One formula award program (DNA Backlog Reduction Program).
- One solicitation producing both formula and competitive awards (Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program).
In addition, thirty-three awards made in fiscal year were continuations of previously competed awards.
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- View a list of all fiscal year 2012 awards.
- Select solicitation link below to view resulting awards.
| Solicitation Title | Applications Received | Awards Made (links to detailed list) |
Value of Awards | Download Solicitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | 168 | 24 | $9,550,515 | |
| Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes | 92 | 11 | $4,964,640 | |
| Building and Enhancing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships | 53 | 4 | $1,439,800 | |
| Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data | 37 | 6 | $217,887 | |
| Desistance From Crime Over the Life Course | 24 | 2 | $1,705,164 | |
| Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths | 3 | 2 | $770,690 | |
| DNA Backlog Reduction Program | 117 | 117 | $74,347,305 | |
| Evaluability Assessment of Law Enforcement Agencies Using the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) | 7 | 1 | $299,921 | |
| Evaluability Assessments of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) Model | 5 | 1 | $101,430 | |
| Evaluating the Impact of the NIJ Body Armor Program | 3 | 1 | $399,884 | |
| Evaluation of the FY 2010 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects | 28 | 2 | $3,334,022 | |
| Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS) | 7 | 1 | $1,496,090 | |
| Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project | 1 | 1 | $598,720 | |
| Evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 2010 Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects | 10 | 1 | $1,997,100 | |
| Longitudinal Data on Teen Dating Violence: Postdoctoral Fellowship | 6 | 2 | $496,436 | |
| Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program | 196 | 75 | $10,586,098 | |
| Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program | 66 | 11 | $274,986 | |
| Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program | 9 | 5 | $3,546,504 | |
| Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition | 3 | 1 | $1,197,686 | |
| Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence | 35 | 3 | $1,553,210 | |
| Research and Evaluation in Justice Systems | 35 | 3 | $1,854,003 | |
| Research and Evaluation on Metropolitan Crime | 8 | 2 | $1,250,127 | |
| Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons | 23 | 4 | $1,462,610 | |
| Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence | 41 | 4 | $2,489,547 | |
| Research on Domestic Radicalization | 15 | 6 | $3,053,281 | |
| Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions | 15 | 3 | $863,209 | |
| Research on Policing | 18 | 1 | $341,469 | |
| Research on the Impact of Technology on Policing Strategies in the 21st Century | 19 | 1 | $999,587 | |
| Research on the Link Between Victimization and Offending | 10 | 1 | $426,181 | |
| Social Science Research on Indigent Defense | 15 | 3 | $1,624,578 | |
| Solving Cold Cases with DNA | 87 | 22 | $7,580,191 | |
| Testing Geospatial Police Strategies and Exploring their Relationship to Criminological Theories | 11 | 2 | $896,977 | |
| The Impact of Different Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries | 2 | 0 | $0 | |
| Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing | 13 | 4 | $3,194,296 | |
| Violent Victimization Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities | 20 | 1 | $231,203 | |
| W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture and Crime | 11 | 2 | $198,990 | |
| Totals | 1228 | 330 | $144,344,337 |
| Office | Awards Made (link to full list) |
Value of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations | 4 | $3,649,331 |
| Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations | 11 | $5,968,285 |
| Office of Science and Technology Continuations | 18 | $13,656,286 |
| Totals | 33 | $23,273,902 |
Date Modified: December 11, 2012
