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

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2018	Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts	NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	FL	2018-R2-CX-0021	$248,077	Past Project Period End Date
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
2000	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards		National Forensic Science Technology Center	FL	2000-RC-CX-K001	$414,651	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing.	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Prosecuting Attorneys' Council	GA	2013-DY-BX-K007	$424,038	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
2013	Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: Proposed inoculant and antidote for feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2013-IJ-CX-0010	$25,000	Closed
2012	Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of Community Reformsfrom Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations	NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data	Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	IL	2012-R2-CX-0022	$20,818	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
2012	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2012-DY-BX-K004	$589,638	Closed
2010	Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2010-DY-BX-K005	$687,448	Closed
2013	Physical Evidence, Forensic Evidence and the Prosecution of Sexual Assault	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-NE-BX-0005	$134,980	Closed
2013	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	IL	2013-DY-BX-K002	$332,533	Closed
2011	Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in a Statewide Sample of Sexual Assault Cases	NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2011-WG-BX-0005	$97,519	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
2008	Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123	NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Loyola University Chicago	IL	2006-IJ-CX-4032	$235,097	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
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
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
2008	Kentucky Innocence Project	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2008-DN-BX-K184	$1,164,441	Closed
2011	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana	NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Louisiana Department of Justice	LA	2011-DY-BX-K003	$1,152,958	Closed
2009	Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project	NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Louisiana Department of Justice	LA	2009-DN-BX-K245	$1,376,206	Closed
2009	Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Northeastern University	MA	2009-IJ-CX-0015	$501,352	Closed
2013	Massachusetts Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Committee for Public Counsel Services	MA	2013-DY-BX-K006	$613,205	Closed
2012	Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S.	NIJ FY 12 Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition	University of Massachusetts Lowell	MA	2012-IJ-CX-0052	$1,197,686	Closed