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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:** 75**Total Amount Awarded:** $34,797,576
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                                                  TitleSort ascending
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2018
                                                                                        Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers
                                                                                        NIJ FY18 Artificial Intelligence Technology Applied Research and Development for Law Enforcement Applications
                                                                                        WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                                                                        WV
                                                                                        2018-75-CX-0032
                                                                                        $985,950
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2020
                                                                                        Understanding What Works in the Successful Identification, Investigation, and Prosecution of Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2020-75-CX-0010
                                                                                        $583,465
                                                                                        Past Project Period End Date2019
                                                                                        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 Date2023
                                                                                        Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States
                                                                                        NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        15PNIJ-23-GG-01927-HT
                                                                                        $997,729
                                                                                        Open2020
                                                                                        Understanding the Physical and Psychological Health and Wellness Needs of Minor Sex Trafficking Victims
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020
                                                                                        NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2020-VT-BX-0111
                                                                                        $985,786
                                                                                        Open2011
                                                                                        Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States
                                                                                        NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP)
                                                                                        Urban Institute
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2011-IJ-CX-0026
                                                                                        $498,844
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking
                                                                                        Research on Trafficking in Human Beings - FY 2005
                                                                                        Northeastern University
                                                                                        MA
                                                                                        2005-IJ-CX-0045
                                                                                        $350,994
                                                                                        Closed2013
                                                                                        Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism
                                                                                        Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2013-ZA-BX-0008
                                                                                        $793,783
                                                                                        Closed2001
                                                                                        Trafficking in Persons in the U.S.
                                                                                        National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards
                                                                                        Croft Institute for International Studies
                                                                                        MS
                                                                                        2001-IJ-CX-0027
                                                                                        $199,395
                                                                                        Closed2004
                                                                                        SOLICITATION FOR CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN TRAFFICING AND
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR VICTIMS:  CURRENT PRACTICES
AND LESSONS LEARNED
                                                                                        Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research
                                                                                        Caliber Associates Inc
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2004-WG-BX-0088
                                                                                        $199,661
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        University of Kentucky Research Foundation
                                                                                        KY
                                                                                        2015-MU-MU-0009
                                                                                        $570,150
                                                                                        Closed2007
                                                                                        Sex Trafficking in a Border Community: A Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana, Mexico
                                                                                        NIJ FY 07 ORE Transnational Crime
                                                                                        San Diego University Research Foundation
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2007-IJ-CX-0013
                                                                                        $297,264
                                                                                        Closed2012
                                                                                        Sex Trafficking and Gangs in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region Area
                                                                                        NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        University of San Diego
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2012-R2-CX-0028
                                                                                        $398,824
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Researcher-Survivor Formative Evaluation of San Francisco's Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        Research Triangle Institute
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2015-VF-GX-0107
                                                                                        $453,117
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Replication Validation of a Human Trafficking Screening Tool for Law Enforcement and Estimation of Prevalence
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        THE URBAN INSTITUTE
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-01569-NIJB
                                                                                        $649,332
                                                                                        Open2014
                                                                                        Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victim Identification: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response
                                                                                        NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2014-R2-CX-0007
                                                                                        $242,000
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response
                                                                                        NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations
                                                                                        Fund For The City of New York
                                                                                        NY
                                                                                        2014-R2-CX-0007
                                                                                        $198,156
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        Prosecuting Trafficking in Persons Cases: An Analysis of Local Strategies and Approaches
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        Justice Research and Statistics Association, Inc.
                                                                                        DC
                                                                                        2016-IJ-CX-0005
                                                                                        $460,000
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases:  Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the U.S. and Abroad
                                                                                        NIJ FY06 ORE Transnational Crime
                                                                                        Caliber Associates Inc
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2006-IJ-CX-0010
                                                                                        $189,420
                                                                                        Closed2021
                                                                                        Phase Two of ETA: Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services: Assessment of Program Outcomes
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON
                                                                                        TX
                                                                                        15PNIJ-21-GG-00993-NONF
                                                                                        $590,041
                                                                                        Open2019
                                                                                        Partnering to Enhance Services for Survivors: An Evaluability Assessment and Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon's Anti-Trafficking Program
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2019-VT-BX-0039
                                                                                        $390,522
                                                                                        Open2013
                                                                                        Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking
                                                                                        NIJ FY 13 Applied Technology Research and Development to Optimize Law Enforcement Use of Social Media in the Web 3.0 Environment
                                                                                        NORC
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        2013-IJ-CX-K009
                                                                                        $593,715
                                                                                        Closed2019
                                                                                        Northwest Indian Community Development Center- Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership
                                                                                        Tribal-Researcher Capacity Building Grants Solicitation, FY 2019
                                                                                        TRIBAL LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE
                                                                                        CA
                                                                                        2019-75-CX-0016
                                                                                        $105,000
                                                                                        Closed2022
                                                                                        Multi-Site Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking
                                                                                        NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER
                                                                                        IL
                                                                                        15PNIJ-22-GG-01568-HT
                                                                                        $979,022
                                                                                        Open2016
                                                                                        Measuring Outcomes in Services to Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking: Instrument Development and Testing
                                                                                        Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
                                                                                        RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
                                                                                        NC
                                                                                        2016-VT-BX-0001
                                                                                        $464,515
                                                                                        Closed
  
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