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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 Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
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
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
2002 Examining the Collateral Costs of Establishing Special Court The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Justice Management Institute CO 2002-IJ-CX-K011 $300,000 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
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 Expanding Postconviction DNA Testing for Innocent Washington Prisoners NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington State Patrol WA 2013-DY-BX-K005 $472,170 Closed
2004 EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PROSECUTION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY PROSECUTION National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation National District Attorneys Association VA 2004-PP-CX-0002 $385,000 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
2010 Forensic Science Training for California Indigent Defense Attorneys -- Using the NAS Report in Litigation NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Los Angeles County CA 2010-DN-BX-K259 $250,000 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
2008 Governor-mandated Post-Conviction DNA Testing of Biological Evidence in Case Files NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Virginia Department of Forensic Science VA 2008-DN-BX-K128 $4,520,295 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 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs NIJ FY 13 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs RAND Corporation CA 2013-MU-CX-K003 $1,699,224 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
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
2014 Implementing, Disseminating and Translating Evidence-Based Policy/Practice in Community Corrections NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014 George Mason University VA 2014-IJ-CX-0034 $46,859 Closed
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
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
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
2015 Investigating the Impacts of Institutional and Contextual Factors on Protection Order Decision-Making NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2015-IJ-CX-0013 $369,928 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
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
2005 Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Outcomes - Incorporating Data from the Courtroom Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 State of Wisconsin WI 2005-IJ-CX-0003 $160,079 Closed