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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
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Texas Department of Public Safety. NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program State of Texas TX 2009-DN-BX-K021 $503,885 Closed
2007 Re-entry: Dynamic Risk Assessment NIJ FY 07 ORE Crime & Justice Research Texas Tech University TX 2007-IJ-CX-0027 $261,405 Closed
2010 Effect of Prison-Based Alcohol Treatment: A Multi-Site Process and Outcome Evaluation NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated Rob Tillyer TX 2010-RT-BX-0103 $300,000 Closed
2013 Re-Analysis of Existing Data on Stalking Recidivism NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Sam Houston State University TX 2013-IJ-CX-0040 $39,182 Closed
2016 Examining Race and Gender Disparities in Restricted Housing Placements W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime Sam Houston State University TX 2016-R2-CX-0043 $100,000 Closed
2005 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) FY 2005 - Texas Department of Public Safety Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) Solicitation, FY2005 State of Texas TX 2005-DN-BX-K048 $419,391 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Convicted Offender Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) - Texas Department of Public Safety NIJ FY06 Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis) State of Texas TX 2006-DN-BX-K244 $1,517,288 Closed
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
2008 FY 2008 Convicte Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Texas Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 08 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program State of Texas TX 2008-DN-BX-K141 $1,703,415 Closed
2003 NITRO - National Inmate Telephone Research Operations
A meta-database of all prison inmate telephone calls in America with investigator access to help correlate, track, identify and repress criminal 		NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation FY 2003 Centralia Systems Inc TX 2003-IJ-CX-K005 $390,000 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) - Texas Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program State of Texas TX 2007-DN-BX-K014 $1,781,320 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
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
2018 Evaluation of Reentry-Based Restorative Justice: A Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VA 2019-RY-BX-0002 $799,988 Open
2018 NIJ Rockdale County Emerging Adults NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY VA 2019-R2-CX-0005 $957,325 Open
2013 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries NIJ FY 13 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $307,774 Closed
2014 Implementing, Disseminating and Translating Evidence-Based Policy/Practice in Community Corrections NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014 George Mason University VA 2014-IJ-CX-0034 $46,859 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program - VA Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2009-DN-BX-K020 $171,579 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 A Study on the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Inmate Misconduct in the Loudoun County, VA Adult Detention Center NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections THE CNA CORPORATION VA 2018-75-CX-0019 $714,164 Closed
2018 Criminal Justice Requirements Resources Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE VA 2018-75-CX-K007 $300,000 Open
2004 SAFE SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS RESEARCH SUPPORT National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology George Mason University VA 2000-RD-CX-K003 $49,969 Closed
2007 FY 2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program (In-House Analysis and Data Review) - Department of Forensic Science NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Commonwealth of Virginia VA 2007-DN-BX-K004 $360,000 Closed
2003 Building Bridges: A Correctional Option Program CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Caliber Associates Inc VA 2003-DD-BX-1016 $586,762 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