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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: Justice system reform

Number of Awards: 49
Total Amount Awarded: $21,915,756

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the InnocentUniversity of Kansas School of Law Multi-State Partnership for Innocence NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. KS 2015-DY-BX-K004 $122,994 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
2015 Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 2015-R2-CX-K041 $724,294 Closed
2015 WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University MI 2015-DY-BX-K008 $418,099 Closed
2016 21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Project Research on "Sentinel Events" and Criminal Justice System Errors PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION MD 2016-IJ-CX-K005 $642,348 Closed
2017 The Racial Effects of Prison Reform NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0033 $500,000 Closed
2018 A Micro and Macro-Level Assessment of Juvenile Justice Placement Reform in Ohio Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Cincinnati OH 2015-JF-FX-0064 $247,090 Closed
2018 A Process Evaluation of the Continuum of Services Model in Virginia's Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 2017-JF-FX-0062 $749,995 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE MD 2016-JF-FX-0059 $249,310 Closed
2018 Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2015-MU-MU-K002 $500,000 Closed
2018 Estimating the causal relationships among juvenile justice system improvements, youth crime, and juvenile confinement Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Research Foundation of CUNY o/b/o John Jay College NY 2017-JF-FX-0064 $124,954 Closed
2018 Long-Term Impact of Risk Assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity Reforms in Juvenile Justice Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 2016-JF-FX-0057 $499,998 Closed
2018 OJJDP FY 16 Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Reforms Program Legacy OJJDP Research Grants WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-JF-FX-0058 $499,752 Closed
2018 Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform Legacy OJJDP Research Grants CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 2018-CZ-BX-0026 $985,433 Open
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $499,996 Closed
2019 A Law Enforcement Pathway to Treatment: A Multi-Site Evaluation of Self-Referral Deflection Programs Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2019-75-CX-0011 $990,808 Closed
2019 Confidence, Latency, and Accuracy in Eyewitness Identification Made from Show-Ups: Evidence from the Lab, the Field, and Current Law Enforcement Practices Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE VA 2019-75-CX-0009 $662,407 Open
2019 Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-75-CX-0010 $497,208 Closed
2021 A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS $632,781 Open
2021 Examining the multifaceted impacts of drug decriminalization on public safety, law enforcement, and prosecutorial discretion NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY OR 15PNIJ-21-GG-02804-RESS $495,596 Open
2022 Statewide Law Enforcement Crime Research, Evaluation, and Analysis NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program CRIME RESEARCH GROUP, INC. VT 15PNIJ-22-GK-00244-BRND $165,000 Open
2023 California: A Decade of Decarceration NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS $32,203 Open