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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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Subtopic: Corrections

Number of Awards: 343
Total Amount Awarded: $192,363,635

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2006 FY 2006 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-house Analysis) - Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation OK 2006-DN-BX-K247 $22,471 Closed
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team Oracle Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team Oracle 2021-nij-rec-ch-0012 $23,000 Closed
2010 Under the Penal Gaze: An empirical examination of penal consciousness among prison inmates NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program Regents of the University of California CA 2010-IJ-CX-0002 $24,950 Closed
2013 Trajectories of job search and wellbeing among reentering individuals NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program The Trustees of Princeton University NJ 2013-IJ-CX-0007 $25,000 Closed
2013 "It''s not all cupcakes and lollipops": An investigation of the predictors and effects of prison visitation for children during maternal and paternal incarceration. NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2013-IJ-CX-0011 $25,000 Closed
2010 Residence Restriction Legislation and Sex Offender Residential Locations in New York NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program The Research Foundation of SUNY NY 2010-IJ-CX-0004 $25,000 Closed
2013 Labor Force Participation and Crime Among Severe and Violent Former Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Washington University MO 2013-IJ-CX-0042 $25,000 Closed
2013 Evidence-Based Treatment and Responsivity: Individual and Program Predictors of Recidivism During Juvenile Drug Court and Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2013-IJ-CX-0008 $25,000 Closed
2012 The Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws on State Rates of Returns to Prison NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of Maryland MD 2012-IJ-CX-0006 $25,000 Closed
2023 Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System-The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01942-RESS $25,655 Open
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team SAS Institute Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team SAS Institute 2021-nij-rec-ch-0027 $26,000 Closed
2013 Access to Transportation and Outcomes for Women on Probation and Parole NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Michigan State University MI 2013-IJ-CX-0041 $29,440 Closed
2013 Peering into prison Prison peer effects and their policy implications NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of Maryland MD 2013-IJ-CX-0043 $30,000 Closed
2013 How Women and Front-Line Workers Manage the Bureaucratic Process of Prisoner Reentry NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College NY 2013-IJ-CX-0052 $30,000 Closed
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team PASDA Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team PASDA 2021-nij-rec-ch-0023 $30,000 Closed
2015 More than Mental Disorder: The Effects of Neighborhoods and Treatment on Recidivism for Probationers with Psychiatric Diagnoses NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Regents of the University of California CA 2015-IJ-CX-0004 $31,455 Closed
2014 Bridging the Research/Practice Gap: Street-Level Decision Making and Historical Influences Related to Evidence-Based Practices in Adult Probation NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences George Mason University VA 2014-IJ-CX-0004 $31,791 Closed
2018 Informing The Utility of GPS Monitoring for Pretrial Probationary Supervision: An Examination of Reoffending and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-R2-CX-0004 $31,989 Closed
2014 Reducing Prison Misconduct with Evidence-Based Administrative Segregation Policies NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Cincinnati OH 2014-IJ-CX-0003 $32,000 Closed
2015 California’s "Realignment": Understanding Local Legal Compliance in A Potential Era of Prison Downsizing NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Regents of the University of California CA 2015-IJ-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2023 California: A Decade of Decarceration NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS $32,203 Open
2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review)- Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program DELAWARE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DE 2007-DN-BX-K006 $33,000 Closed
2008 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Wyoming Office of the Attorney General NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Wyoming Office of the Attorney General WY 2008-DN-BX-K002 $33,462 Closed
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed