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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.
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Awardee Name: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Number of Awards: 23
Total Amount Awarded: $8,611,809

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023
911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding
NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB
$500,000
Open
2021
A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices
NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS
$632,781
Open
2021
Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois
Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB
$585,726
Open
2021
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
Open
2018
Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL
NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Chicago
IL
2018-R2-CX-0001
$32,000
Closed
2018
Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago
Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
2016-JU-FX-0002
$248,918
Closed
2018
Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago
Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
2016-JU-FX-0002
$248,953
Closed
2018
Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago
Legacy OJJDP Research Grants
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
2016-JU-FX-0002
$749,411
Closed
2018
Neighborhood Context and Probation Outcomes
NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Chicago
IL
2018-R2-CX-0006
$32,000
Closed
2018
The influence of social surroundings on juvenile and criminal justice involvement of 17-year-olds transitioning from foster care to adulthood: A longitudinal and life-course approach
NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Chicago
IL
2018-R2-CX-0007
$32,000
Closed
2017
Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
The University of Chicago
IL
2017-MU-MU-0042
$532,286
Closed
2017
Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City
NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
IL
2017-VA-CX-0033
$452,553
Closed
2016
A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
Non-solicited Applications
The University of Chicago
IL
2015-DN-BX-K430
$564,735
Closed
2014
Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth
NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of Chicago
IL
2014-IJ-CX-0011
$29,799
Closed
2014
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
Closed
2013
Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions
NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making
The University of Chicago
IL
2013-R2-CX-0006
$760,230
Closed
2011
A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence
NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization
NORC at the University of Chicago
IL
2011-WG-BX-0020
$899,908
Closed
2010
Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness
NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
The University of Chicago
IL
2010-IJ-CX-0033
$440,437
Closed
2005
Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence
Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005
The University of Chicago
IL
2005-WG-BX-0001
$20,000
Closed
2005
Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as they Leave Out-of-Home Care
Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05
The University of Chicago
IL
2005-IJ-CX-0031
$259,782
Closed
2005
Identifying and Managing Juvenile Justice Delays
Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05
University of Chicago
IL
2005-IJ-CX-0041
$252,964
Closed
2004
Contextual Effects on Juvenile Delinquency: Modeling Differential Effects of School and Neighborhood Social Organization; University of Chicago; Fiscal Year: July 1 - June 30
Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall
The University of Chicago
IL
2004-IJ-CX-0012
$20,000
Closed
2003
Ex-Prisoners' Dilemma
CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION
The University of Chicago
IL
2003-IJ-CX-1005
$20,000
Closed