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 ascending	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
2023	Building Better Indigent Defense Systems	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon	SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS	$800,000	Open
2006	Evaluation of the processing of habeas corpus cases in US District Courts, Crime and Justice Research, National Institute of Justice.	NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Vanderbilt University	TN	2006-IJ-CX-0020	$257,747	Closed
2017	The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE	TN	2017-IJ-CX-0007	$49,898	Closed
2021	Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	SC	15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA	$357,234	Open
2013	Evidence-Based Treatment and Responsivity: Individual and Program Predictors of Recidivism During Juvenile Drug Court and Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	2013-IJ-CX-0008	$25,000	Closed
2023	A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes	NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB	$730,834	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2010	Evaluation of the Second Chance Act Reentry Courts	NIJ FY 10 ORE Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act: FY2010 State, Tribal, and Local Reentry Courts Program	Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc.	OR	2010-RY-BX-0001	$2,988,850	Closed
2018	National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	NORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL CONSORTIUM, INC.	OR	2018-DC-BX-0056	$856,308	Open
2005	A Cost Evaluation of Drug Court Programs Compared to State Mandated Non-Drug Court Treatment Programs	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	Northwest Professional Consortium Inc	OR	2005-IJ-CX-0010	$284,715	Closed
2007	Testing the Efficacy of Judicial Monitoring: A Randomized Trial at the Rochester Domestic Violence Courts	NIJ FY 07 ORE Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence	Fund for the City of New York / Center for Court Innovation	NY	2007-WG-BX-0011	$335,208	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
2009	The Virtual Courtroom: Bringing Actual Forensic Training Content and Resources to Prosecutors Nationwide throug the Internet	NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	New York Prosecutors Training Institute	NY	2009-DN-BX-K202	$866,440	Closed
2009	Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Policy Research Associates Inc	NY	2009-IJ-CX-0038	$700,200	Closed
2010	Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment: A Randomized Trial of a Validated Assessment Tool in Three New York City Drug Courts	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration	Fund For The City of New York	NY	2010-IJ-CX-0031	$389,093	Closed
2010	A Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing drug law policy change in New York State	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration	Vera Institute of Justice Inc	NY	2010-IJ-CX-0030	$699,937	Closed
2006	Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123	NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2006-IJ-CX-0032	$273,897	Closed
2006	A National Portrait of Domestic Violence Courts	NIJ FY06 ORE Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence	Fund For The City of New York	NY	2006-WG-BX-0001	$275,064	Closed
2012	The Role of Indigent Defense for Defendants with Mental Health Disorders	NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2012-R2-CX-0009	$485,625	Closed
2012	Research on District Attorneys'' Pretrial Diversion Programs: A Proposal for a Comprehensive Multi-Method Study	NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems	Fund for the City of New York	NY	2012-IJ-CX-0036	$1,000,000	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
2012	FY12 Postconviction New York City Joint Working Group on Postconviction DNA-Testing	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services	NY	2012-DY-BX-K003	$1,256,344	Closed
2009	The Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision-Making in County Prosecutors' Offices	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Vera Institute of Justice Inc	NY	2009-IJ-CX-0040	$393,564	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
2018	Legal Responses to Human Trafficking:Evaluability Assessments and Future Evaluation Designs	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK	NY	2018-VT-BX-0002	$428,073	Closed