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                            Funding & Awards
 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. Description

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**Number of Awards:** 6,736**Total Amount Awarded:** $3,487,112,852
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2023
                                                                                        Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS
                                                                                        $111,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Building Better Indigent Defense Systems
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon
                                                                                        SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS
                                                                                        $800,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Building Equity in Objective Prison Classification: A Model for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01363-NIJB
                                                                                        $599,976
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        California: A Decade of Decarceration
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS
                                                                                        $32,203
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Cannabis liberalization policies and trends in cannabis-related school-based discipline: Examining sociodemographic disparities in Massachusetts
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01954-TITL
                                                                                        $111,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Capturing nuclear DNA from hair shafts
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04209-DNAX
                                                                                        $413,504
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Caring Connections for Youth: Evaluation of a Countywide Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-02410-TITL
                                                                                        $866,309
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Climate, Culture, and Correction Officer Wellness
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate
                                                                                        SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-06104-RESS
                                                                                        $960,132
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Community-Led Learning: A Collaborative Approach to Training and Technical Assistance for Violent Crime Problem Analyses
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support
                                                                                        RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04270-MUMU
                                                                                        $1,991,949
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Comparison of Examiner Conclusions with Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Cartridge Case Evidence
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                                                        
                                                                                        GRANT13861154
                                                                                        $409,578
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Comprehensive / Holistic Public Safety Approach using research, analysis and evaluation, of problem nature codes in the City of Minneapolis for Alternative Response development.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
                                                                                        CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
                                                                                        MN
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-00271-BRND
                                                                                        $2,500,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS
                                                                                        $262,678
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GK-00931-NIJB
                                                                                        $3,500,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Data and Dashboards: Research and Enhancements to Ensure Mecklenburg County’s Criminal Justice System is a Leader in Data-Driven Decision Making
                                                                                        NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
                                                                                        MECKLENBURG COUNTY
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-00272-BRND
                                                                                        $1,000,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Democratizing investigative genetic genealogy
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04213-DNAX
                                                                                        $759,008
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04225-RESS
                                                                                        $308,002
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Developing a Strategy to Evaluate Urban Violence Prevention and Intervention Ecosystems: A Case Study of Boston
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support
                                                                                        AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04266-CVIP
                                                                                        $983,482
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO
                                                                                        $467,325
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC
                                                                                        
                                                                                        VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS
                                                                                        $245,592
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS
                                                                                        $110,966
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Development of computational methods for genetic identification and kinship analysis of forensic samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01948-RESS
                                                                                        $111,000
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Developmental Validation of a Novel Multi-analyte Recovery Method for Trace Biological Samples
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04207-DNAX
                                                                                        $494,268
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Domestic Terrorism Targeting America’s Political Elites
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01385-DOMR
                                                                                        $751,254
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Elder Abuse Survivor Equity (EASE) Study: National Longitudinal Trajectories and Translation for Practitioners and the Public
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
                                                                                        NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-02625-MUMU
                                                                                        $1,499,885
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER
                                                                                        IA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO
                                                                                        $495,637
                                                                                        Open
  
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