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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 Sort descending Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
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
2010 Impact of Legal Representatives on Child Custody Decisions among Families with History of Intimate Partner Violence NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Family Violence University of Washington WA 2010-IJ-CX-0022 $844,297 Closed
2009 Delivery of Two Online Training Modules (DNA and Fingerprints) for law enforcement, court officials and other forensic practitioners. NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Forensic Training Network, LLC CA 2009-DN-BX-K175 $30,000 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
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 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
2010 Legal change and sentencing norms in federal court: An examination of the impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough decisions NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Regents of the University of California CA 2010-IJ-CX-0010 $35,000 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
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
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
2009 ABA Study of Collateral Consequences for Criminal Convictions NIJ FY 09 ORE Collateral Consequences American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education DC 2009-IJ-CX-0102 $707,924 Closed
2010 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Assistance
Program - FFY'10
NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2010-DY-BX-K004 $576,631 Closed
2010 Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2010-DY-BX-K007 $253,534 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
2010 MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assiatance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2010-DY-BX-K006 $48,298 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
2010 Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Implementation and Collaborative Process: What Works Best for the Criminal Justice System? NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on VAW: Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence and Stalking Michigan State University MI 2010-WG-BX-0010 $278,713 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 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
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
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