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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:** 67**Total Amount Awarded:** $37,976,243
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2023
                                                                                        Exploring how survivor perspectives and priorities are reflected in the use and implementation of Extreme Risk Protective Orders to address intimate partner violence
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-02404-BSCI
                                                                                        $579,986
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04211-SLFO
                                                                                        $604,409
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        Forensic tool to identify fall characteristics in infant skull fracture
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
                                                                                        UT
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0014
                                                                                        $557,607
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0012
                                                                                        $530,242
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2019-DU-BX-0029
                                                                                        $636,419
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Differentiating Abuse from Accident in Young Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Biomechanical Assessment of Fracture Risk
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0038
                                                                                        $142,957
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program
                                                                                        Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019
                                                                                        RAND CORPORATION, THE
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2019-V3-GX-0002
                                                                                        $496,739
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Expanding the Knowledge Base about Child Advocacy Centers
                                                                                        Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
                                                                                        NE
                                                                                        2019-V3-GX-0007
                                                                                        $566,261
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019
                                                                                        NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2019-VT-BX-0038
                                                                                        $664,690
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2018
                                                                                        A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        University of Maryland
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2016-MU-MU-0070
                                                                                        $74,395
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        An Ecological Model of Risk and Protection for Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Involvement Among Maltreated Youth:  A Longitudinal Study
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        COLORADO SEMINARY
                                                                                        CO
                                                                                        2017-JF-FX-0050
                                                                                        $124,652
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Programs and Services for Victims of Crime: Phased Evaluation Research
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        2018-ZD-CX-0004
                                                                                        $485,244
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Evaluation of Safe Harbor Laws and Their Impact on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC.
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2014-JF-FX-0002
                                                                                        $499,977
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Maltreatment and Delinquency Associations across Development: Assessing Difference Among Historically Understudied Groups and Potential Protective Factors
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        Child Trends Incorporated
                                                                                        MD
                                                                                        2016-MU-MU-0064
                                                                                        $75,000
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Oklahoma Multi-Site Family Drug Court Model Standards Study (OKMSS)
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
                                                                                        OK
                                                                                        2018-DC-BX-0007
                                                                                        $1,000,000
                                                                                        Open2018
                                                                                        Solving Cases of Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young through Comprehensive Postmortem Genetic Testing
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        NEW YORK, CITY OF
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2018-DU-BX-0204
                                                                                        $450,243
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Trauma-informed interventions for justice-involved youth: A meta-analysis
                                                                                        Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
                                                                                        George Mason University
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2016-MU-MU-0065
                                                                                        $74,998
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
                                                                                        WA
                                                                                        2018-VA-CX-0001
                                                                                        $1,027,123
                                                                                        Open2017
                                                                                        Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0158
                                                                                        $599,878
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        2017-NE-BX-0001
                                                                                        $368,512
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0166
                                                                                        $576,060
                                                                                        Closed2017
                                                                                        Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
                                                                                        NM
                                                                                        2017-DN-BX-0145
                                                                                        $598,632
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises
                                                                                        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2016-DN-BX-0147
                                                                                        $449,437
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Children Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods
                                                                                        New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
                                                                                        AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
                                                                                        AZ
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0050
                                                                                        $149,857
                                                                                        Closed
  
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