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

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2011 Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of South Florida FL 2011-IJ-CX-0004 $93,553 Closed
2011 Responding to Fiscal Challenges in State Correctional Systems: A National Study of Prison Closings and Alternative Strategies NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Justice Systems RAND Corporation CA 2011-IJ-CX-0011 $999,952 Closed
2011 Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence. NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MN 2011-DY-BX-K002 $658,348 Closed
2011 The Connecticut Postconviction DNA Testing Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Public Defender Services CT 2011-DY-BX-K007 $1,392,176 Closed
2011 The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science University of New Haven CT 2011-DN-BX-0003 $174,668 Closed
2011 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2011-DY-BX-K006 $778,329 Closed
2012 2012 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for the NIJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program. NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts NC 2012-DY-BX-K001 $761,111 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
2012 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. VA 2012-VF-GX-0001 $598,720 Closed
2012 Examining the Effectiveness of Indigent Defense Team Services: A Multisite Evaluation of Holistic Defense in Practice NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense National Center for State Courts VA 2012-R2-CX-0011 $628,000 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
2012 MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State of Maryland MD 2012-DY-BX-K005 $510,324 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
2012 Race, Juvenile Court Processing and Case Outcomes: Fluctuation or Stability? NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of South Florida FL 2012-IJ-CX-0051 $38,167 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
2012 SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State Appellate Defender Office MI 2012-MU-BX-K012 $429,087 Closed
2012 The Contextual Determinants and Implications of Back-end Sentencing NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2012-IJ-CX-0044 $25,000 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
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 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
2012 Waiver of Counsel in Juvenile Court NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense Georgetown University DC 2012-R2-CX-0008 $510,953 Closed
2013 Blind Collaborative Justice: Testing the Impact of Expert Blinding and Consensus Building on the Validity of Forensic Testimony NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science RAND Corporation CA 2013-IJ-CX-0002 $337,306 Closed
2013 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2013-DY-BX-K003 $962,489 Closed
2013 Evaluating the Effect of Holistic Indigent Defense Services on Case Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in the Bronx NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems: Investigator-Initiated RAND Corporation CA 2013-IJ-CX-0027 $334,998 Closed