Grant endeavors are an important element of the Police Research Center activity. Among the grants received are the following:

• SHSU and the City of Houston have a Memorandum of Understanding designed to encourage joint research and development endeavors. The Police Research Center administers the program. Among the endeavors conducted have been analysis of the Houston Police Department's racial profiling data, an assessment of its D.A.R.E.^® program, and a staffing analysis of the agency's major units.
• The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, approached the Police Research Center with a request to assess the Police Department's crime reduction program. The evaluation included recommendations for improving multiple aspects of the agency's approach to crime reduction.
• Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Evaluation Model for Cultural Diversity Training endeavor involved participation with the Houston Police Department in the development of curricula for cultural diversity. The principal investigator, Dr. Holly Miller of SHSU's faculty, developed an evaluation approach employing multiple measures of program effect, adequacy, and appropriateness.
• Working with SHSU's Department of Computing Science, the Police Research Center contributed to the development of the Center for Excellence in Digital Forensics. With a Master of Science degree program at its core, the program also includes training and development.
• The Law Enforcement Information Systems Demonstration Project and the Technology and Strategy effort were both supported by the National Institute of Justice. The primary focus of both endeavors was the completion of the technological linkages necessary for full utilization of the analytic capability of the CRIMES system, particularly in a mobile environment. Texas police agencies utilizing CRIMES participated in the project.
• Among the partnership efforts with Eastern Kentucky University were a School Resource Officer curriculum development endeavor, and the Professional Range Instruction Simulator Evaluation Project. The latter entailed a multi-state review of the computer-based instruction program to train police officers in deadly force risk assessment and reaction.
• The Police Research Center was instrumental in obtaining an award from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to establish the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute at SHSU. In its formative years, the Police Research Center conducted a substantial portion of the Institute's training programs, including the Beat Management Approach.
• Advanced Technology Against Crime (ATAC) involved development of computer-based instruction addressing the employment of technologies by police agencies. The effort involved a cooperative agreement between six organizations: Sam Houston State University, Eastern Kentucky University, G&H International, the Ohio State University, the University of Virginia, and Weber State University.