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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 Sort ascending State Award Number Amount Status
2006 Maintaining Prison Order: An Evaluation of the Effects of the Detection and Processing of Inmate Misconduct Within and Across Ohio Correctional Institutions Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007 University of Cincinnati OH 2007-IJ-CX-0010 $20,000 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
2016 The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disparities in Correctional Dispositions: Examining How Risk Assessment & Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Affects Sentencing Decisions of Adjudicated Juveniles W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime University of Cincinnati OH 2016-R2-CX-0045 $134,762 Closed
2016 Examining the Use and Impact of Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 2016-IJ-CX-0013 $452,452 Closed
2023 PRISONERS ON THE MOVE: EXAMINING THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF PRISON TRANSIENCY ON INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 15PNIJ-23-GG-01936-RESS $105,000 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
2020 The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2020-R2-CX-0038 $1,557,676 Open
2008 This project will test, with a randomized controlled trial, an intensive community supervision strategy for probationers and parolees who are at extremely high risk of committing homicidal acts. NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2008-IJ-CX-0024 $350,000 Closed
2006 Applying Situational Crime Prevention to Sexual Assaults in Jail Facilities: An Action Research Partnership NIJ FY06 ORE R&E on Sexual Victimization in Corrections The Urban Institute DC 2006-RP-BX-0040 $496,704 Closed
2007 Promising Faith-Based Corrections and Reentry Programs: Toward a Conceptual Model for Research and Evaluation NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research The Urban Institute DC 2007-IJ-CX-0019 $79,368 Closed
2015 Research on Contraband and Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research on the Efficacy of Different Contraband Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-IJ-CX-K001 $499,999 Closed
2017 Evaluation of in-prison programming for incarcerated women: Addressing trauma and prior victimization NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0014 $749,534 Closed
2018 Combating the Use of Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities: A Multisite Technical Assessment and Evaluation of Interdiction Technologies NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-75-CX-K005 $999,841 Open
2018 Evaluation of Using Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorders in a Correctional Setting NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-75-CX-0022 $648,227 Closed
2002 Supermax Prisons The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Urban Institute DC 2002-IJ-CX-0019 $298,127 Closed
2004 Addressing Prison Sexual Violence Research on Prison Sex Violence The Urban Institute DC 2004-RP-BX-0001 $400,000 Closed
2007 GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study NIJ FY 07 ORE Community Corrections The University of Illinois at Chicago IL 2007-IJ-CX-0016 $365,704 Closed
2003 Ex-Prisoners' Dilemma CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The University of Chicago IL 2003-IJ-CX-1005 $20,000 Closed
2005 Prison Experience and Reentry: Examining the Impact of Victimization on Coming Home Impact of Sexual Victimization in Corrections Full Applications The University of Akron OH 2005-RP-BX-0002 $466,475 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
2012 State-Mandated Criminal Background Employment Screening: A High Stakes Window into the Desistance Process NIJ FY 12 Desistance From Crime Over the Life Course The Research Foundation of SUNY NY 2012-MU-MU-0048 $706,943 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
2008 Neighborhoods, Recidivism, and Employment among Returning Prisoners NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice The Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2008-IJ-CX-0018 $395,601 Closed
2012 EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-K006 $431,943 Closed
2010 An Experimental Comparison of Telepsychiatry and Conventional Psychiatry for Mentally Ill Parolees NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated The Regents of The University of California CA 2010-DJ-BX-2002 $608,540 Closed