Project Grant 2006IJCX0039

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded Oklahoma State University a $196,373 Project Grant under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will support research from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 to develop deep learning techniques to enhance investigative lead information for automotive clear coats. The National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) federal grant program, supports a longitudinal study on the intergenerational transmission of delinquency and criminal behavior. The $971,369 award will allow researchers at Bowling Green State University and Florida State University to conduct new surveys and in-depth interviews with a population-based sample of parents (G1) and their adolescent...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded a $3,977,416 cooperative agreement to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The award will fund the development and testing of an Organizational Coaching Model across three probation/parole sites from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. Justice System Partners will implement...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $788,241 Project Grant to the University of New Haven under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The 5-year grant will fund a mixed methods evaluation of community-based violence intervention and prevention initiatives operating in New Haven, CT and York, PA. The evaluation will examine whether stronger collaborations among community stakeholders have been built, if enhanced programming is...

This Cooperative Agreement award, made by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), provides $499,931 to The Ohio State University to develop and implement resources to support the expansion of a place-based violence reduction strategy called Place Network Investigations (PNI). The project involves three phases: Phase 1 will develop a PNI guidebook,...

This National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Project Grant award, provided under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), supports a mixed-methods research study on the implementation and impact of the New Jersey State Police's "BackTrace" intelligence-led policing (ILP) system. The $877,946 project, spanning 2025-2026, will analyze how BackTrace has been adopted and utilized across New Jersey law enforcement agencies, and assess its effects on...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" program provides $556,572 over 5 years to develop a new in situ method for the detection and confirmatory identification of gunshot residue (GSR) particles. The award aims to optimize this method for detecting GSR trapped inside common fabrics, which is an important but underserved capability compared to...

The National Institute of Justice awarded a $499,902 Project Grant under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044) to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of color tests used in the field by law enforcement and forensic laboratories. The research project aims to: (1) characterize the performance of routinely used field-based color tests in a controlled environment, (2) assess the reliability and accuracy of these...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded R T I International $487,338.54 under a Cooperative Agreement from October 1, 2018 to February 28, 2022. The funding supports a redesign study of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) Juveniles in Corrections data collections under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program (CFDA 16.540). This program provides funding to support state and local efforts related...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $403,512 Project Grant to The Ohio State University to evaluate and inform the implementation of consent decree reforms within the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). The 2-year project, which began on January 1, 2025, will utilize mixed methods research including policy analyses, administrative data reviews, officer surveys, and community feedback to address specific research questions developed in partnership with LMPD. The goal is to...