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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.

Fiscal Year 2020 Awards

On October 15, 2020, the Office of Justice Programs transitioned to the Justice Grants System for all grants management activities. We continue to post awards related to 2020 solicitations. Some or all of the awards for the following solicitations have yet to be posted:

As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects;  and fellowship programs.

You may browse the table below and use filter options to view awards by award status, State, fiscal year, awardee name, city or perform a keyword search.

Number of Awards: 6,110
Total Amount Awarded: $2,899,513,745

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-DQ-BX-0006 $361,656
2020 A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners Conclusions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 NOBLIS, INC. VA 2020-DQ-BX-0026 $720,610 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 A National Assessment of Demand Reduction Efforts, Part II: New Developments in the Primary Prevention of Sex Trafficking Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, INC. DC 2020-75-CX-0011 $239,946 Open
2020 A nationally representative examination of the prevalence, characteristics, and consequences of statutory rape in the United States Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-VA-CX-0002 $203,939 Open
2020 A Rapid, Microfluidic Transcriptomic Method for Body Fluid Identification from Forensic Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2020-DQ-BX-0027 $436,934 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 A Skeletal Atlas of Elder Abuse:Establishing Markers of Physical Abuse and Developing a Digital Diagnostic Tool for Education and Screening. Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2020 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2020-75-CX-0005 $1,035,328 Open
2020 A Two-State Examination of Varied Measurement Strategies for Juvenile Reoffending Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2020 Florida State University FL 2020-MU-MU-0039 $512,718 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships NIJ Fiscal Year 2020 Continuations American Association for the Advancement of Science DC 2020-R2-CX-0009 $288,389 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Access to Justice for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Civil Protection Orders Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 University of Washington WA 2020-VA-CX-0001 $1,022,215 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE FL 2019-DU-BX-4011 $495,056 Open
2020 Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis Samples for Forensic Laboratories Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0009 $350,000 Open
2020 Adapted Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model to Reduce Recidivism in an Underserved Area: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-Release and Post-Release Reentry Components Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 University of South Florida Board of Trustees FL 2020-75-CX-0008 $1,218,129 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Advances in Spatial Statistical Methodology for Urban Crime Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2020-R2-CX-0033 $60,065 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Advancing the Understanding of Immigration, Crime, and Crime Reporting at the Local Level with a Synthetic Population Research into Immigration and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 Research Triangle Institute NC 2020-R2-CX-0027 $899,954 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Adverse Impacts of Organizational Stress on Officer Health and Wellness: Causes, Correlates, and Mitigation Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020 Police Foundation VA 2020-R2-CX-0005 $832,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Alibi Generation: Improving innocents suspects accuracy and examining alibi discriminability using a novel GPS paradigm Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2020-R2-CX-0019 $83,840 Open
2020 An Affinity-Free, Centrifugal Microfluidic System for Rapid, Automated Differential Extraction Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 2020-DQ-BX-0024 $466,886
2020 An Assessment of Probabilistic Approaches to mtDNA Mixture Interpretation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2020-DQ-BX-0004 $205,963 Awarded, but not yet accepted
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
2020 An examination of musculoskeletal markers in modern populations for forensic analysis and identification purposes Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2020-R2-CX-0042 $150,000 Open
2020 Analysis of Small Particles Adhering to the Edges of Duct Tape as a Means to Make Associations in a Way that is Independent of Manufactured Characteristics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 STONEY FORENSIC, INC. VA 2020-MU-CX-0018 $871,366 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 Assessing Class Consistency and Common Source Using 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy in Firearm Forensics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 CADRE RESEARCH LABS (ILLINOIS) LLC IL 2020-DQ-BX-0028 $199,615
2020 Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program through a Phased Evaluation Approach Using an Implementation Science Mixed Methods Approach Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program: A Phased Evaluation Approach, Fiscal Year 2020 Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. GA 2020-CZ-BX-0014 $1,142,634 Awarded, but not yet accepted
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 MD 2020-75-CX-0004 $369,412 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2020 ASSESSING THE STRENGTH OF TRACE EVIDENCE FRACTURE FITS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC, AND QUANTIFIABLE APPROACH Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2020-DQ-BX-0012 $466,543