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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:** 92**Total Amount Awarded:** $61,348,715
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                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2004
                                                                                        Wireless and Rapid Deployment Upgrades to ShotSpotter System
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology
                                                                                        South Carolina Research Authority
                                                                                        SC
                                                                                        2002-MU-MU-K011
                                                                                        $890,530
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community
                                                                                        PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
                                                                                        PA
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS
                                                                                        $1,392,265
                                                                                        Declined2023
                                                                                        What Works to Reduce Violent Gun Crime in Focused Deterrence Initiatives? Estimating the Effect of Services and Enforcement in Facilitating Desistence Among Prolific Violent Offenders
                                                                                        NIJ FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
                                                                                        FL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GK-00844-RESS
                                                                                        $1,392,265
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue:  Detection, Identification and Characterization
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0035
                                                                                        $150,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        West Virginia University Research Corporation
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2015-DN-BX-K048
                                                                                        $212,875
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue
                                                                                        Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0044
                                                                                        $100,000
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Using Public Health Datasets to Analyze Legal Intervention Shootings
                                                                                        Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
                                                                                        President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2016-R2-CX-0038
                                                                                        $654,910
                                                                                        Open2017
                                                                                        Understanding Socio-Environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence
                                                                                        NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
                                                                                        THE RAND CORPORATION
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2017-IJ-CX-0020
                                                                                        $749,999
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Underground Gun Markets in Chicago
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence
                                                                                        The University of Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2014-MU-CX-0013
                                                                                        $459,849
                                                                                        Closed2018
                                                                                        The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
                                                                                        NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0025
                                                                                        $498,929
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2021
                                                                                        The Implications of Early Justice System Involvement for the Transition to Adulthood: Expansion and Analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
                                                                                        Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        NJ
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-00094-MUMU
                                                                                        $1,000,000
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity
                                                                                        Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
                                                                                        Trustees of Boston University, BUMC
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2016-MU-MU-0047
                                                                                        $610,000
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation
                                                                                        Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019
                                                                                        RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0004
                                                                                        $503,129
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters
                                                                                        Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2019-R2-CX-0065
                                                                                        $323,263
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2016
                                                                                        The Gun Epidemic Reconsidered: Creating a Foundation to Reduce Firearm Violence Among Urban Youth
                                                                                        Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
                                                                                        FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC.
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2016-IJ-CX-0008
                                                                                        $585,000
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        The Epidemiology of Crime Guns: From Legal Sale to Use in Crime
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Firearms and Violence
                                                                                        The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2013-R2-CX-0001
                                                                                        $250,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        The Epidemiology of Crime Guns
                                                                                        FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2013-R2-CX-0001
                                                                                        $250,000
                                                                                        Closed2014
                                                                                        Tale of Four Cities: Improving Our Understanding of Gun Violence-Supplement
                                                                                        FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        Michigan State University
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2013-R2-CX-0015
                                                                                        $249,046
                                                                                        Closed2023
                                                                                        Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO
                                                                                        $564,733
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey
                                                                                        NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice,  Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS
                                                                                        $837,477
                                                                                        Open2004
                                                                                        Strategic Disruption of Firearms Markets: An Evaluation of the Utility of ATF's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (Supplement for Extended Analysis)
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation
                                                                                        Rand Corporation
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2001-IJ-CX-0028
                                                                                        $249,877
                                                                                        Closed2004
                                                                                        STRATEGIC DISRUPTION OF FIREARMS MARKETS
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation
                                                                                        Rand Corporation
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2001-IJ-CX-0028
                                                                                        $399,993
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors
                                                                                        MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MI
                                                                                        2015-R2-CX-K041
                                                                                        $724,294
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometrics Technologies Center of Excellence.
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations
                                                                                        ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc.
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2010-IJ-CX-K024
                                                                                        $156,746
                                                                                        Closed2003
                                                                                        SECURES® Demonstration in Hampton/Newport News, Virginia
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards
                                                                                        Planning Systems Incorporated
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2003-IJ-CX-K029
                                                                                        $500,000
                                                                                        Closed
  
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