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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: Courts

Number of Awards: 162
Total Amount Awarded: $98,133,300

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient Sort ascending State Award Number Amount Status
2010 The Missing Link: Examining Prosecutorial Decision Making Across Federal District Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of Maryland MD 2010-IJ-CX-0012 $35,000 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
2010 The Long-Term Effects of Civil Legal Services on Battered Women NIJ FY 10 ORE Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation: Investigator Initiated University of Iowa IA 2010-WG-BX-0009 $823,822 Closed
2021 Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS $837,477 Open
2017 Can Jury Instructions Have an Impact on Trial Outcomes NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0044 $489,085 Closed
2018 Young Adult Court: A New Approach to Justice NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2018-R2-CX-K001 $783,834 Open
2021 "Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance". W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB $885,090 Open
2023 Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS $55,500 Open
2018 Investigative and Prosecutorial Strategies for Mitigating Pathways to Radicalization: Creation of a Federal Terrorism Court Record Repository NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2018-ZA-CX-0003 $731,927 Closed
2003 Anchorage Wellness Court Evaluation CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION University of Alaska Anchorage AK 2003-DD-BX-1015 $633,880 Closed
2005 Investigative Strategies for the Successful Prosecution of Intimate Partner Violence Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications University of Alaska AK 2005-WG-BX-0011 $180,042 Closed
2010 Examining the Evidence: The Science of Forensic Science NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Twin Cities Public Television MN 2010-DN-BX-K238 $1,053,299 Closed
2013 Intimate Partner Violence and Custody Decisions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outcomes from Family Court, Shuttle Mediation, or Videoconferencing Mediation NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Trustees of Indiana University IN 2013-VA-CX-0044 $763,686 Closed
2018 Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0023 $77,768 Closed
2007 Quantifying the Specific Deterrent Effects of DNA Databases NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence The Urban Institute DC 2007-DN-BX-0001 $150,815 Closed
2010 Organizational Efficiency and Early Disposition Programs in Federal Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-0013 $37,809 Closed
2003 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The Urban Institute DC 2003-DC-BX-1001 $570,835 Closed
2021 Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS $705,856 Open
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2014 An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 2014-IJ-CX-0028 $491,154 Closed
2010 Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships The University of Chicago IL 2010-IJ-CX-0033 $440,437 Closed
2018 Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2009 Bargaining in the Shadow of Trial? Exploring the Reach of Evidence Outside the Jury Box NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research The Research Foundation of SUNY, University at Albany NY 2009-IJ-CX-0035 $511,283 Closed
2014 Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at a Defendants First Appearance in Court NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The Research Foundation for the SUNY, University at Albany NY 2014-IJ-CX-0027 $381,402 Closed
2015 Impact of Community Treatment and Neighborhood Environment on Recidivism in Mental Health Courts NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Research Foundation for The State University of New York NY 2015-IJ-CX-0005 $31,999 Closed