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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
2011 Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Fellowship Placement Program: Determining the Timing of Parole Discharge Based on the Concept of "Redemption" NIJ FY 11 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships University of Maryland MD 2011-IJ-CX-0009 $209,323 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
2002 The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables University of Maryland MD 2002-DT-CX-0001 $172,331 Closed
2023 Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01932-RESS $166,500 Open
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
2018 Evaluating program enhancements for mentors working with children of prisoners Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2014-JU-FX-0004 $2,499,597 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
2015 Racialized Cues and Support for Justice Reinvestment: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Opinion NIJ FY 15 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2015-IJ-CX-0003 $144,329 Closed
2023 Building Equity in Objective Prison Classification: A Model for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01363-NIJB $599,976 Open
2017 Physiological and Psychological Responses to Critical Incidents among Correctional Officers NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2017-R2-CX-0032 $787,907 Closed
2022 Rethinking revocations: A study to examine the effects of a coaching model on improving outcomes NIJ FY22 Design, Implementation, and Testing of a National Model for Technical Violations UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, THE NC 15PNIJ-22-GK-01118-MUMU $3,977,416 Open
2016 Assessing Trends In Deaths Associated With Opioid and Alcohol Withdrawal In Jails Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Rochester NY 2016-R2-CX-0037 $39,807 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
2020 Adapted Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model to Reduce Recidivism in an Underserved Area: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-Release and Post-Release Reentry Components Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2020-75-CX-0008 $1,218,129 Open
2001 Assessing Prevalence and Management of Infectious Disease Conditions in the Correctional Setting Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio TX 2001-IJ-CX-0023 $254,701 Closed
2004 Risk Markers for Sexual Vulnerability and Violence in Prison: Development of a Risk Classification System for Male and Female InmatesResearch on Prison Sexual ViolenceU.S. Department of Justice Research on Prison Sex Violence University of Virginia VA 2004-RP-BX-0004 $397,647 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program- Utah Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Forensic Services NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Utah Department of Public Safety UT 2009-DN-BX-K022 $564,000 Closed
2014 Rehabilitation Programs for Adult Offenders: Meta-Analysis in Support of Guidelines for Effective Practice NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas Vanderbilt University TN 2014-IJ-CX-0021 $456,230 Closed
2006 Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123 NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research Vera Institute of Justice NY 2006-IJ-CX-0032 $273,897 Closed
2014 A Sentinel Events Approach to Addressing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-IJ-CX-0030 $399,861 Closed
2012 A New Role for Technology: The Impact of Video Visitation on Corrections Staff, Prisoners, and their Families NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Vera Institute of Justice NY 2012-IJ-CX-0035 $355,296 Closed
2015 Young Adults in Jails NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-IJ-CX-0012 $500,407 Closed
2002 Providing Transitional Services to Improve Offender Outcomes The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2002-RT-BX-1001 $375,000 Closed
2003 Measuring the Effectiveness of Probation CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2003-IJ-CX-1009 $200,994 Closed
2016 Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Restrictive Housing in America's Prisons and Jails Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2016-IJ-CX-0016 $1,410,096 Closed