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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
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team TrueFit Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team TrueFit 2021-nij-rec-ch-0025 $140,000 Closed
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team EarlyStopping Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team EarlyStopping 2021-nij-rec-ch-0026 $20,500 Closed
2021 NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Winner: Team SAS Institute Recidivism Forecasting Challenge Team SAS Institute 2021-nij-rec-ch-0027 $26,000 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program--Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alaska Department of Public Safety AK 2009-DN-BX-K023 $387,500 Closed
2009 National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Alaska NIJ FY 09 Criminal Justice Technology Regional Centers Alaska Assoc of Chiefs of Police AK 2009-IJ-CX-K018 $198,975 Closed
2007 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alaska Department of Public Safety AK 2007-DN-BX-K009 $160,000 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) - Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Alaska Department of Public Safety AK 2006-DN-BX-K235 $87,500 Closed
2003 AL C.O. DNA Backlog Reduction (In-House Analysis) National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2003-DN-BX-K108 $957,600 Closed
2004 Alabama Sentencing Commission Prison Population Computer Simulation Model Project National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Alabama Sentencing Commission AL 2004-DD-BX-1014 $98,948 Closed
2006 NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2006-DN-BX-K234 $396,000 Closed
2005 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program
(In-House Analysis) Solicitation Fiscal Year 2005 		Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2005-DN-BX-K040 $863,280 Closed
2007 FY2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences AL 2007-DN-BX-K011 $528,000 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Arkansas State Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Arkansas State Crime Laboratory AR 2009-DN-BX-K024 $43,900 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
2014 Measuring the Effects of Correctional Officer Stress on the Well-Being of the Officer and the Prison Workplace and Developing a Practical Index of Officer Stress for Use by Correctional Agencies NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-IJ-CX-0026 $666,268 Open
2014 Gangs on the Street, Gangs in Prison: Their Nature, Interrelationship, Control, and Re-Entry NIJ FY 14 Research on Gangs and Gang Violence AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-MU-CX-0111 $840,807 Closed
2009 Nationwide Corrections Image and Information Exchange over Nlets (NCIEN). This is to make correction photos available to law enforcement and public safety officers over Nlets working with SRFERS. NIJ FY 09 Technology Research and Development Nlets AZ 2009-DE-BX-K014 $249,777 Closed
2010 For the Kids or for the Bottom Line?: A Case Study of the Proposed Closing the Department of Juvenile Corrections in Arizona NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University AZ 2010-JB-FX-0014 $122,431 Closed
2010 Criminal Stigma, Race, Gender and Employment: An Expanded Assessment of The Consequences of Imprisonment for Employment NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University AZ 2010-MU-MU-0004 $482,048 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Arizona Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Arizona Department of Public Safety AZ 2009-DN-BX-K030 $1,617,214 Closed
2016 Altering Administrative Segregation for Inmates and Staff: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2016-R2-CX-0115 $631,559 Closed
2013 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs NIJ FY 13 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs RAND Corporation CA 2013-MU-CX-K003 $1,699,224 Closed
2010 Can a Vitual Reality Social Network, Such as Seceond Life, Provide Realistic Training? NIJ FY 10 Criminal Justice Training Through The Use of Virtual Environments Northern California Regional Public Safety Training Authority, JPA CA 2010-IJ-CX-K008 $499,931 Closed
2014 A Process and Impact Evaluation of The Veterans Moving Forward Program: Best Practices, Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships San Diego Association of Governments CA 2014-IJ-CX-0103 $334,360 Closed
2009 Convicted Offender / Arrestee DNA Sample Backlog Reduction Project (In-House Overtime Analysis and Data Review) 2009 California Department of Justice NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program California Department of Justice CA 2009-DN-BX-K019 $463,348 Closed