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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 ascending Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Second looks for youth: An implementation evaluation of resentencing models in five jurisdictions NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 15PNIJ-23-GG-04239-RESS $692,889 Open
2023 21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon JUSTICE INNOVATION INC. NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-02235-RESS $829,358 Open
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
2023 The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01384-DOMR $762,553 Open
2023 Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS $55,500 Open
2023 Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01932-RESS $166,500 Open
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
2022 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts NIJ FY22 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00035-VTCX $3,000,000 Open
2021 "Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance". W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB $885,090 Open
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
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
2021 Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 15PNIJ-21-GG-02981-TITL $597,436 Open
2021 National Juvenile Court Data Archive National Juvenile Court Data Archive, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-03202-TITL $2,000,000 Open
2021 Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS $705,856 Open
2005 The Contextual Significance of Courtroom Workgroup Racial Diversity to Criminal Case Outcomes W.E.B DuBois Fellowship Program 2006 Northeastern University MA 2006-IJ-CX-0009 $75,523 Closed
2004 NIJ VAW Revict
A Concept Paper on Research about the Long-term Efficacy of Court Intervention on the Reduction of Repeat Battering
Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women BOTEC Analysis Corporation MA 2004-WG-BX-0011 $78,391 Closed
2004 Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women Fund For The City of New York NY 2004-WG-BX-0005 $142,631 Closed
2004 Alabama Sentencing Commission Prison Population Computer Simulation Model Project National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Alabama Sentencing Commission AL 2004-DD-BX-1014 $98,948 Closed
1997 A Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Project in San Diego County Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant Science Applications International Corporation CA 1997-IJ-CX-K014 $474,130 Closed
2001 Testing the Impact of Court Monitoring and Batterer Intervention Program Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts Fund For The City of New York NY 2001-WT-BX-0506 $294,129 Closed
2004 The Courtroom of the 21st Century National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Science and Technology The College of William And Mary In Virginia VA 2004-DD-BX-K011 $494,739 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
2004 NIJ Drug Court Evaluation Plan Review and Technical Assistance Initiative National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation National Association of Drug Court Professionals VA 2004-DC-BX-K005 $195,727 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